Understanding by design - Backward design

As the the headline suggests, this chapter deals with the fact that teachers need to be aware of the purpose of their teaching in order to plan the activities and actions they will carry out aiming at that determined end. In this sense, it is essential for teachers to know what is the goal we want to reach or the direction we want to move to in order to design the curriculum. According to this, irrespective of the aspects that are considered to be standard when it comes to setting the goals, teachers need to consider the reality and the context they are immersed in when they have to create the curriculum. In relation to this, I believe that as professionals we have to analyze and evaluate what we want to achieve according to the reality of our students and specially their interests, being able to adapt our pedagogical practice to the context we are working at and the people we are working with. However, it does not mean that we have to understimate our students or their capabilities, on the contrary for us it is necessary to boost and encourage them.