UbD/DI Chapter 10

ABSTRACT:
Chapter ten was a summary of what the whole book had been discussing already; how to integrate UbD and DI. They add addendums to each stage such as instead of just focusing on learner results put in the results you hope to accomplish. They say that after you make a specific plan and use it, to monitor the results closely and change it to fit the results you see. They also stress not reverting back to comfortable and known methods when one is afraid of trying new things. They finish with ways you can implement the two theories at a school level, including meetings, workshops, and sessions where you explore your own essential questions.
REACTION:
It felt odd to be reading about a summary when we hadn’t felt we had finished learning about UbD and DI. One of the things that stuck out most in this chapter was the rule that one veteran teacher followed; she tried every new teaching strategy or idea three times before giving up on it. We think that it is a good idea because all students are different and the more you do something, the better at it you get. You work out the kinks and it will go more smoothly. The ideas for discussing and bringing the theories into your school were useful, however irrelevant at the moment as we don’t have a school yet. Other than those ideas the chapter was a rather boring summary and we could have better summarized the theories by re-reading the first chapter.