Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction : Teaching Beyond the Facts,9780761946403

Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction : Teaching Beyond the Facts

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780761946403
ISBN10: 0761946403
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-04-18
Publisher(s): Corwin Pr
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Summary

New Foreword by Carol Ann Tomlinson   The author defines a concept-based learning program and provides strategies to help create a seamless agenda to teach students the skills they need most to think conceptually and solve problems in today's complex world.   

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Preface xi
About the Author xv
Interpreting and Aligning National, State, and Local Standards
1(43)
Why Standards?
1(2)
Performance-Based Standards
3(1)
The Missing Link in Performance-Based Theory
4(1)
The Structure of Knowledge and the Traditional Design of a Curriculum
4(4)
National Standards Through a Concept-Process Lens
8(1)
Reviewing National Standards-What Have We Here?
9(21)
The Design of State Standards
30(1)
Designing Local Curricula Aligned to Standards
31(3)
Filling the Standards Gap in Local Curriculum Design
34(7)
Summary
41(3)
Ensuring Coherence in Curriculum
44(19)
What Is a Coherent Curriculum?
44(1)
A Systems Design for Coherence
45(2)
Deep and Essential Understandings
47(3)
Concepts and Process in Curriculum Design
50(11)
Summary
61(2)
Designing Integrated, Interdisciplinary Units: A General Academic Model
63(45)
A Conceptually Driven Model
63(1)
Coordinated, Multidisciplinary Units Versus Integrated, Interdisciplinary Units
64(2)
The Power of the Conceptual Lens in Integration
66(3)
Unit Planning Pages
69(1)
Designing Integrated Units: Questions and Responses
69(37)
Summary
106(2)
Integrating Curricula in School-to-Work Designs
108(17)
Conventional Models of Curriculum Design
108(2)
The Integrated Concept-Process Model for Secondary and Postsecondary Schools
110(10)
School-to-Work Integration in the Elementary School
120(3)
Summary
123(2)
Tips From Teachers: Creating Concept-Process Integrated Units
125(34)
Teachers Speak Out-The Concept-Process Curriculum and Instruction
125(10)
Teacher-Designed Units
135(17)
Teaching Conceptually: Questions and Answers
152(6)
Summary
158(1)
Resource A: National Academic Standards Order Information 159(2)
Resource B: SCANS Competencies (United States Department of Labor) 161(3)
Resource C: Glossary 164(3)
References 167(2)
Index 169

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