by edtosavetheworld | Aug 27, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
When we started designing concept-based curriculum, the folks in the humanities jumped on board pretty quickly. Our science teachers, especially earth science and biology, were game right away too. The procedure-heavy disciplines, though, were tougher. Many foreign...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 25, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
When we work with teachers to shift toward concept-based instruction things tend to follow a distinct pattern, a roller coaster that flows from over-excitement to near abandonment and back again. First, there is incredible eagerness and enthusiasm. This makes so much...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 24, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
This week we continue talking about concept-based teaching and learning. As a history teacher, I’ve found that it’s really easy to plan a lesson or unit that I think leads to conceptual understanding only later to reflect and realize that we spent most of...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 21, 2015 | News and Trends, Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding, Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
I’m enrolled in a couple online workshops to learn more about the International Baccalaureate Program and yesterday had to watch the this Tedx Talk by Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs who asserts that the current curriculum is preparing kids for 1992. It’s a fairly...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 18, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Here’s what I used to think about vertical alignment (in a nutshell): You look at the overarching ideas and understandings plus the discrete facts and skills of each course and make sure there are no significant gaps or overlap, although you do want some things...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 17, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Have you been working with concepts in your curriculum for a while? Have you already received training on concept-based curriculum and would like to explore more deeply how to assess it and how to introduce it to students? This is the workshop for you! Participants...
