Chapter 3 and readings

Chapter 3 Conducting a goal analysis.
Conducting a goal analysis consists of classifying your goal into one of the 4 domains and then identifying the major steps that learners must go through to achieve the goal. I like the focus that was put on the steps of the process of achieving the goal. It's so important to keep in mind the subskills that are required to reach a goal. I think that considering these subskills will help me more in my teaching, especially in subjects like math which is more linear. This week I found myself teaching basic borrowing in subtraction, a skill my students should have learned years ago, while the subject matter was subtracting numbers up to the hundred thousand's. Many hadn't mastered that subskill or had forgotten so I had to go over that again, which I didn't realize would need to be done until I found many kids consistently missing that skill in their practice. Another thing that I appreciated that in this chapter was that goals were broken into 4 kinds- verbal skills, intellectual skills, psychomotor skills, and attitudes. Perhaps a lot of the goals I have include two or more of these kinds of skills together and I should consider separating them so that my goals are more clear and simple.

Shiffrin- "Instructional systems design- five views of the field"
The main point of this article is to say that ISD is a field that is widely misunderstood. This is because it is very complex. It stressed that it requires Educational theory and research knowledge, systems analysis, diffusion, consulting and interpersonal relations, evaluation and assessment, and project analysis, among other skills. I liked how the article said that there are many names thrown around for programs that teach similar things and we need some standardization. I know that as I have been telling many of my fellow teachers what program they are doing, they assume I'm either writing code and doing things with computers, or learning about curriculum. It's a lot different than that! Both of those skills would be helpful in ISD but there is just more to it!