Understanding Ability Cultivation and Curriculum Design: A New Practice in Teaching and Evaluation

Author: (USA) Wiggins, G., (USA) McTighe, J. (Auth.), Me Gali (Translator)
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: Based on reflecting on the shortcomings of traditional curriculum design, this book proposes a new curriculum design approach called Backward Design. Compared to traditional curriculum design, this approach aims to make the curriculum design process a process that promotes students' understanding of the curriculum content. To achieve this goal, the book delves into the manifestations and intrinsic meaning of "understanding," and elaborates in detail on the procedures, standards, and methods for fostering and assessing "understanding." Both authors of the book are renowned experts in the field of curriculum and instruction research in the United States. The book explains the curriculum design theory and its corresponding evaluation model, which are grounded in real-world curriculum and instruction practices and propose practical measures, providing real-world guidance for teachers on the front lines of teaching practice. The entire book combines theoretical rigor, novelty, and practical applicability, making it an indispensable value in enriching educational theory, particularly curriculum theory, and guiding real-world teaching and curriculum reform.