by edtosavetheworld | Sep 15, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
We’ve written specifically about the discipline of mathematics several times — the two specific to concept-based are here and here. To me, it’s the discipline that requires the greatest shift in how it is traditionally taught. Many experts talk about...
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 | May 23, 2013 | Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
Disciplinary thinking asserts that students need to spend more time behaving like mathematicians, artists, scientists, poets, etc. than they do simply trying to memorize the results of the work of experts in the field. In Stage 2 of our framework we advocate against...
