Chapter 3: Gaining Clarity on Our Goals

What I think is valuable of chapter 3 the way in that Wiggins talks about the importance of the goal behind the activity and the lesson plan. To my mind, there’s no other way to understand the aim of education which is to be in a total level of self-consciousness about what are we doing, obviously always taking into account student’s needs. So, what for? What is the purpose? Am I developing a knowledge that will remain? Is it useful for students? These are the questions that we should ask ourselves when we plan a lesson. During my ELAB experiences I have realized that students need to know why they do certain activities, and also these activities have to make sense for the, in order to motivate them to participate actively. If we all knew what is our positions in the space were we work, and knew the goals we have to accomplish and what are our tools to do it, I think everybody would work committed, since we would feel part of the team, and we would work as a such.