Concept Mapping: Seeing the Past, Present, & Future
I have always been a fan of Understanding By Design by Wiggins and McTighe. I found it to be a useful framework that I could easily apply to lesson planning that would improve my students learning. I found that it allowed me to navigate within the systems standardization framework, but allows me to tie in the big 3-questions, “How can I use this?”, “Why must I use this?” and “When will I use this?” UbD allowed me to be creative as well as a level of autonomy for myself and my students. As I became more comfortable and confident with UbD, Universal Design for Learning seemed a natural progress. Syllabus mapping encompasses the ability for teachers and students to see their past, present, and future.
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