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Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom

ISBN: 9781412917001 | 141291700X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Corwin Pr
Pub. Date: 7/14/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
"I love the author??'s delineation of her own understanding of concept-based teaching over an 18-year period. Somehow that humanizes the work of teaching and helps us understand that only as we risk growth will we be able to guide our students in that way as well." ???Carol Ann Tomlinson, Professor of Educational Leadership Curry School of Education, University of Virginia "A worthwhile and important contribution to the field." ???Jay McTighe, Educational Author and Consultant McTighe and Associates "Reader friendly, lots of illustrations and e... MORE
List of Figures and Charts
vii
Forewordix
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Acknowledgmentsxiii
About the Author... MORExv
Introduction1(4)
The Thinking Classroom
5(20)
Classroom Snapshots
5(3)
The Brain at Work
8(1)
Synergistic Thinking
9(5)
Developing the Intellect
14(7)
Disciplinary Ways of Thinking and Doing
21(1)
Thinking Teachers and Students
21(1)
Summary
22(1)
Extending Thought
23(2)
The Structure of Knowledge
25(22)
The Inherent Structure of Knowledge
25(7)
A Concept-Based Journey
32(2)
The Paradigm Shift for Educators
34(1)
The Texas Depth and Complexity Model
35(4)
Shaping Conceptual Understanding Grade by Grade
39(6)
Summary
45(1)
Extending Thought
46(1)
Meeting Academic Standards With Integrity
47(24)
What Academic Standards Are
47(1)
What Academic Standards Are Not
48(4)
Ideas Through the Grades
52(7)
Contextualizing Standards Into Classroom Curricula
59(3)
Bringing District-Level Coherence to Standards
62(3)
Summary
65(4)
Extending Thought
69(2)
Designing Concept-Based Units and Lessons
71(26)
Interdisciplinary and Intradisciplinary Unit Design: A Short Primer
71(15)
Creating Lesson Plans
86(3)
Performances Versus Activities
89(2)
Questions and Answers on Unit and Lesson Design
91(4)
Summary
95(1)
Extending Thought
95(2)
Concept-Based Instruction
97(18)
Thinking Teachers
97(1)
Introducing ``Brain Power'' and Concepts to Students
98(5)
Sample Concept-Based Lessons
103(5)
Adapting Instructional Materials
108(3)
Supportive Best Practices
111(2)
Summary
113(1)
Extending Thought
113(2)
Leadership Roles
115(14)
District Leadership
115(4)
Building-Based Leadership
119(7)
Teacher Leaders
126(1)
Teacher Training Institutions
126(1)
Summary
127(1)
Extending Thought
128(1)
Resource A. Concept-Based Curriculum Glossary of Terms129(2)
Resource B. Curriculum Document Preface131(4)
Resource C. Teacher Observations--Sample Forms135(4)
Resource D. Concept-Based Graphic Organizers139(8)
Resource E1. Sample Unit and Lesson Planner147(14)
Resource E2. Completed Unit and Lesson Planner161(12)
Resource F. The Knowledge Domain and Cognitive Processes173(6)
Resource G. Sample School Districts Using a Concept-Based Model for Curriculum and Instruction179(2)
References181(4)
Index185


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