• Educational Theories,  Teaching & Learning

    Backward Design: Starting at the Finish 

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Let’s take a moment and think about this statement:  “Our flight is at 5 AM.”   As you think about it, consider the various questions you must answer to be on that plane at 5 AM. What questions would you ask yourself to prepare? Here are some that I have on my list:  You may have similar questions or ones that I didn’t ask (or maybe fewer questions…my hamartia is overplanning), but hopefully you see that those questions need to be answered before you show up at the airport. You may also need to qualify how well they’re answered: Did you pack well or throw everything at…