Using Understanding by Design (UbD) to plan sport teaching in physical education
Understanding by Design (UbD) was developed by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe (1998). It is a curriculum planning framework that encourages teachers to start with the learning outcomes they want students to achieve and then design instruction and assessment to support those outcomes. This is why it is sometimes referred to as “backwards by design”. Rather than beginning with activities, teachers begin with the question: "What should students understand and be able to do?" In physical education (PE), this approach shifts teaching towards developing deep understanding and transferable skills . The Three Stages of UbD applied to Physical Education Stage 1: Identify Desired Results Teachers first determine the "big ideas”, and the enduring understandings students should retain long after the unit is completed. Key questions include: What should students understand? What knowledge and skills should they develop? What essential questions will...
