Week 9: Backward Design

    The backwards design process makes me think back to learning about engineering design. When you are approaching an engineering problem you need to know all of the requirements and restraints you have. For example, if I am designing an artificial heart it needs to pump blood through the body. It also needs to be made of a material that works in the body and be affordable to make. There are many more design considerations, such as the forces on the material and how a heart pumps blood, but these are all acknowledged at the beginning of the process. I never really thought of applying engineering process to creating curriculum, but it make sense. How can you reach a desired outcome without knowing where you want to be in the beginning? The backwards design process really just seems like the logical way to approach writing curriculum to me. I am not sure if this is because it is just how I think about approaching situations or if it is because this is the only way I have been exposed to, though.