Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom (Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction Series)

Teach higher-order thinking while you’re teaching concepts, skills, and content! This indispensable guide combines proven curriculum design with teaching methods that encourage students to learn concepts as well as content and skills for deep understanding across all subject areas. Synthesizing Lynn Erickson’s past 15 years of field work with teachers, curriculum developers, teacher educators, and instructional leaders, this resource offers a complete guide for designing curriculum and instruction to foster the continuous growth and development of students’ critical, abstract, and creative learning skills. Educators will learn how to: