by edtosavetheworld | Oct 14, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
You’ve read all the books (or at least a few blog posts) on concept-based curriculum. You’ve reoriented your lessons to serve conceptual goals. You’ve sketched out the most important facts, topics, concepts, and theories for each unit. You have...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 17, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Once you have a beautifully written statement of conceptual relationships, or even if you don’t(!), you can still be a concept-based teacher if you follow this simple advice: Much like Optimus Prime transforms himself from a semi-truck to an all-powerful robot...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 8, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding, Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Everything I read these days points to the need for an interdisciplinary approach to learning. It’s touted to boost engagement and bring coherence to the otherwise jolty school experience most kids endure each day. My favorite rationale for interdisciplinary...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 4, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Perhaps the biggest challenge in implementing a concept-based curriculum is making the jump from the person who wrote the curriculum to implementation in the classroom. In my dream world, each teacher would have enough training, apprenticeship and time to write their...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 3, 2015 | Influential Thinkers, Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Few people have contributed as much to the field of education as Dr. H Lynn Erickson, the godmother of concept-based curriculum. I’m in a sentimental mood as this week marks her last certification institute. She has trained, assessed and certified hundreds of...
