Review
Praise for the First Edition: "Lynn Erickson helps us improve the quality of integrated education by asking us to keep our eyes on the prize. The prize is conceptual learning--helping children build big, important ideas. Her standards are high, which is why this book should be of great interest to teachers."
Book Description
H. Lynn Erickson revisits her best-selling book to provide educators with an updated perspective on current trends in curriculum and instruction. In this thoughtful "how to" of curriculum design, educators will find practical structures and specific classroom examples of effective curriculum strategies. Erickson’s blueprint for designing curriculum and instruction offers a pathway from the facts to the conceptual level of understanding — where knowledge transfers and thinking becomes integrated.
Key issues explored:
- Making change in a changing world
- State academic standards and local curriculum design
- Designing interdisciplinary, integrated curricula
- Concept-based units — samples and questions
- Assessing and reporting student progress
- Teaching concept-based curriculum in the classroom
- Creating a love of learning
