How lucky am I? I've recently returned from yet another wonderful opportunity to learn! This time, my teachers were Dr. Lynn Erickson and her team of content specialists. The topic: Concept-Based Teaching and Learning. I spent eight days with about 30 other educators from Iowa and around the country, becoming certified to teach CBT using Lynn's materials and expertise. It was a fabulous week- intense, but intellectually stimulating, to say the least. The approach Lynn takes to curriculum design and instruction aligns beautifully with what I know about how the brain learns. I'm anxious to consolidate my "brain knowledge" with my new "Concept-Based" knowledge and skills, and begin sharing what I know with my colleagues and the K-12 educators that I encounter in my work at the AEA. It was a wonderful week of learning! (Oh, and it didn't hurt that the institute was held in Whitefish, Montana, just outside of Glacier National Park.) As I said, How lucky am I? More later about The Structure of Knowledge, Concepts vs. Facts, Enduring Understandings, and the brain-compatibility of this curriculum design model.
How lucky am I? I've recently returned from yet another wonderful opportunity to learn! This time, my teachers were Dr. Lynn Erickson and her team of content specialists. The topic: Concept-Based Teaching and Learning. I spent eight days with about 30 other educators from Iowa and around the country, becoming certified to teach CBT using Lynn's materials and expertise. It was a fabulous week- intense, but intellectually stimulating, to say the least. The approach Lynn takes to curriculum design and instruction aligns beautifully with what I know about how the brain learns. I'm anxious to consolidate my "brain knowledge" with my new "Concept-Based" knowledge and skills, and begin sharing what I know with my colleagues and the K-12 educators that I encounter in my work at the AEA. It was a wonderful week of learning! (Oh, and it didn't hurt that the institute was held in Whitefish, Montana, just outside of Glacier National Park.) As I said, How lucky am I? More later about The Structure of Knowledge, Concepts vs. Facts, Enduring Understandings, and the brain-compatibility of this curriculum design model.
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