Understanding by Design Chapter 4

Chapter four of DI/UbD is my favorite thus far. This is a chapter where I feel the book has begun to hit on not just concepts which are theoretically important for teachers, but which are in fact important on a practical, day-to-day basis. Early on, one paragraph that caught my eye was part of that aforementioned theoretical knowledge. It had to do with the way curriculum and instruction both feed off each other. If you have one without the other, it may only serve one side of the teacher-student equation. However, when you have both, teachers and students both benefit, and more than they would on their own. After that, the chapter moves quickly into a set of “attitudes and skills” which are important for teachers to have. I could see myself flipping back to this chapter as I begin my career, and am looking for good ideas of how to implement good practices in my classroom.