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Concept-Based Inquiry in Action: Strategies to Promote Transferable Understanding
"This is exactly what my school needs right now to support colleagues to build on the foundations of our written concept-based curriculum and to take-off our taught curriculum to the next - and highest - levels." Neville Kirton, Deputy Head of Secondary Colegio Anglo Colombiano, Bogota, Colombia "Filled with strategies, illustrations, diagrams, and pictures, this book really gives you the insight you need to help students better understand what they are learning. So many great ideas that can be used in any classroom. A must read for all educators." Amanda McKee, 9th, Algebra/Geometry, Secondary Certified Instructor/Mentor Johnsonville High School, Johnsonville, SC
Create a thinking classroom that helps students move from the factual to the conceptual All students deserve the opportunity to think conceptually. But seeing conceptual relationships does not come naturally to every student. How can teachers construct thinking classrooms where students can move from the factual to the conceptual level of thinking? Concept-Based Inquiry in Action has the answers. In this book, the authors marry theory with practice to create a new framework for inquiry that promotes deep Concept-Based Inquiry. The key is helping students to inquire into concepts and the relationships between them using guiding questions developed by the teacher, the students themselves, or by the teacher and students together. Step by step, the authors lead both new and experienced educators to implement teaching strategies that support the realization of inquiry-based learning for understanding in any K–12 classroom. The book and its accompanying website are rich with the resources necessary to facilitate the construction and transfer of conceptual understanding, including
Numerous practical teaching strategies, aligned to each phase of Concept-Based Inquiry, that can be modified for diverse populations Visual notes that represent significant ideas discussed within each chapter Videos of instructional strategies and teacher interviews that show Concept-Based Inquiry in action in K–12 classrooms around the world Templates of graphic organizers, sample anchor charts, and blackline masters that support the use of teaching strategies in the classroom Planners that show how the phases of Concept-Based Inquiry come together in a unit In a world filled with complexity, the role of the teacher as a facilitator of conceptual understanding has never been more pressing. Concept-Based Inquiry in Action provides teachers with the tools necessary to organize and focus student learning around concepts and conceptual relationships that support deep understanding.
Create a thinking classroom that helps students move from the factual to the conceptual All students deserve the opportunity to think conceptually. But seeing conceptual relationships does not come naturally to every student. How can teachers construct thinking classrooms where students can move from the factual to the conceptual level of thinking? Concept-Based Inquiry in Action has the answers. In this book, the authors marry theory with practice to create a new framework for inquiry that promotes deep Concept-Based Inquiry. The key is helping students to inquire into concepts and the relationships between them using guiding questions developed by the teacher, the students themselves, or by the teacher and students together. Step by step, the authors lead both new and experienced educators to implement teaching strategies that support the realization of inquiry-based learning for understanding in any K–12 classroom. The book and its accompanying website are rich with the resources necessary to facilitate the construction and transfer of conceptual understanding, including
Numerous practical teaching strategies, aligned to each phase of Concept-Based Inquiry, that can be modified for diverse populations Visual notes that represent significant ideas discussed within each chapter Videos of instructional strategies and teacher interviews that show Concept-Based Inquiry in action in K–12 classrooms around the world Templates of graphic organizers, sample anchor charts, and blackline masters that support the use of teaching strategies in the classroom Planners that show how the phases of Concept-Based Inquiry come together in a unit In a world filled with complexity, the role of the teacher as a facilitator of conceptual understanding has never been more pressing. Concept-Based Inquiry in Action provides teachers with the tools necessary to organize and focus student learning around concepts and conceptual relationships that support deep understanding.
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366 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 30, 2018
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June 27, 2023
Very practical. Very interesting.
October 17, 2023
This is very worth reading from cover to cover. Although my goal has been to promote transferable understanding for a long time, there was still a lot to unearth, to illuminate, and to aim for here.
April 1, 2019
Essential for pyp teachers
Really informative and practical overview of concept based learning, especially for those teaching at IBPYP schools. Really helped me understand how to use conceptual learning to guide student inquiry. Some of the strategies were review but the initial stages of concept based inquiry and the planning sections were very, very helpful.
Really informative and practical overview of concept based learning, especially for those teaching at IBPYP schools. Really helped me understand how to use conceptual learning to guide student inquiry. Some of the strategies were review but the initial stages of concept based inquiry and the planning sections were very, very helpful.
May 9, 2020
Great book which includes both holistic and theoretical work as well as tons of useful pragmatic resources and strategies.
This is the perfect tool to get teachers thinking about how to shift their teaching to a more inquiry/concept based pedagogy. If your school is moving in this direction or you wish it were, this is a useful book not only to start conversations, but also the perfect tool to continue getting things done.
This is the perfect tool to get teachers thinking about how to shift their teaching to a more inquiry/concept based pedagogy. If your school is moving in this direction or you wish it were, this is a useful book not only to start conversations, but also the perfect tool to continue getting things done.
March 28, 2024
An essential resource for teachers developing concept-based curriculum. Marschall and French very clearly break down not only what it means to teach conceptually but also why we should, and provide lots of very concrete strategies to do so. I have so many ideas that I can't wait to use in my classroom.
September 17, 2024
Practical, thought provoking and has so many thinking routines to help support teachers implementing various stages of the inquiry process in their classroom
July 7, 2025
Very helpful guide and research I enjoyed all the information.
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