Transitioning to Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction: How to Bring Content and Process TogetherA cutting-edge model for 21st century curriculum and instruction How can you spot a thinking child? Look at the eyes: they’ll light up, signaling that transformative moment when your student has finally grasped that big idea behind critical academic content. If experiences like this are all too rare in your school, then you need a curriculum and instruction model that’s more inquiry-driven and idea-centered. Now.
We’re all looking for the best curriculum and instruction model to meet the changing demands of the 21st century. This is it. "With the onset of the Common Core and new national content standards, concept-based learning is now more crucial than ever. Erickson and Lanning are ′ahead of the curve′ in providing teachers and curriculum leaders with rich instructional strategies to meet these challenging standards. This is an essential book for planning tomorrow’s curricula today." |
Contents
About the Authors | |
From an ObjectivesBased to | |
Problems With Traditional Content Objectives | |
TwoDimensional Versus ThreeDimensional Curriculum | |
The Structure of Knowledge | |
The Structure of Process | |
How the Structure of Process Guides Curriculum | |
Four Critical Aspects of ConceptBased Pedagogy | |
Quality Pedagogy | |
Discussion Questions | |
Building SystemWide | |
What Do District Leaders Need to Understand About | |
Discussion Questions | |
Resources | |