Starting with the End?

A teacher candidate has been invited to participate in a collaborative planning process with two teachers at her practicum school who are also teaching the same grade level. She attempts to incorporate the planning processes she learned in her B.Ed. program. The teacher candidate is committed to planning “engaging” learning experiences for her students.

By engaging in the analysis of this Ted-Viv vignette, teacher candidates will:

• Identify planning processes that enhance student learning;

• Differentiate between planning processes that support and do not support sound pedagogical practices;

• Explore strategies within the planning process to consider student needs and interests when creating learning experiences;

• Describe engagement within the context of student learning;

Backwards design, Student engagement, Planning processes, communication, misconceptions, policy, knowledge gathering.

• The Ontario Curriculum

• Theories of Learning and Teaching and Differentiated Instruction

• Pedagogy, Assessment and Evaluation for Specific Curriculum Areas

• Practicum

Please access the vignette transcript document here: TEd-ViV Case 17_ Starting with the End Transcript pdf