Stirring the Head, Heart, and Soul

Redefining Curriculum, Instruction, and Concept-Based Learning
Third Edition
H. Lynn Erickson - Educational Consultant, Everett, WA
Stirring the Head, Heart, and Soul
December 2007 | 280 pages | Corwin
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"This book is a potent reminder of what it means when teachers teach whole human beings—their minds, hearts, and souls. Erickson helps us recall what all great teachers know: quality teaching is about building young lives."
—Carol Ann Tomlinson, Professor, University of Virginia
Author, The Parallel Curriculum

"Erickson sets the standard for concept-based curriculum. Her work offers a theoretically rich and eminently practical approach for constructing curriculum around rich, transferable concepts. The third edition extends this seminal work for the benefit of educators and their students."
—Jay McTighe, Educational Consultant, McTighe and Associates
Author, Understanding by Design

Help students analyze and synthesize information for a deeper understanding of big ideas!

This updated edition of the classic bestseller on curriculum design for quality instruction provides practical structures, planning tools, and specific classroom examples of effective teaching strategies. The author focuses on the need for curriculum and instruction that allows students to move beyond factual learning to a level of understanding where knowledge transfers readily to new situations and thinking becomes integrated. The book's wide-ranging topics include:

  • Aligning local curriculum with state and national content standards
  • Using brain-based teaching methods
  • Developing higher-order thinking skills
  • Assessing and reporting student progress
  • Creating a lifelong love of learning in students

This invaluable resource encourages teachers to create an educational environment that challenges students' personal intellect, engages their spirits, and fosters a greater understanding of the world around them.

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

  • 1. Making Change in a Changing World
  • The State of Educational Change
  • Pressure Groups
  • Sharing the Job of Quality Education
  • A National Model for Concept-Based Curricula
  • Making Change the Systems Way
  • Overcoming Obstacles: Over, Under, Through, and Around
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 2. Concept-Based Curriculum
  • Traditional Curriculum
  • Concept-Based Curriculum
  • Historical Perspective: Hilda Taba
  • Conceptual Organizers
  • Generalizations
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 3. State Academic Standards and Local Curriculum Frameworks
  • State Standards
  • The Tripartite Model of Curriculum Design
  • Scope and Sequence Charts for Processes and Skills
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 4. Designing Interdisciplinary, Integrated Curricula
  • Defining Interdisciplinary, Integrated Curricula
  • The Integrated, Intradisciplinary Curriculum Model
  • Designing Concept-Based Teaching Units
  • Unit Design Steps: Questions and Answers
  • Lesson-Planning Pages
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 5. Concept-Based Units: Samples and Questions
  • From Coordinated to Integrated Units
  • Multiage Classrooms and Concept-Based Curriculum
  • Questions and Answers: Elementary Schools
  • Questions and Answers: Secondary Schools
  • The International Baccalaureate Programme
  • Career and Technical Education Programs
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 6. Assessing and Reporting Student Progress
  • A Brief Review: Form and Function
  • The Implications of Process Assessment
  • Reporting Process Development
  • Assessing Critical Thinking Developmentally
  • Standards for Thinking
  • Scoring Guides for Performance Tasks
  • Questions and Answers
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 7. Concept-Based Instruction
  • Instructional Strategies
  • Learning Experiences
  • Adapting Activities
  • Teacher Reflections on Concept-Based Instruction
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 8. Stirring the Head, Heart, and Soul: Creating a Love of Learning
  • Stirring the Head
  • Stirring the Heart and Soul
  • Loving to Learn
  • Summary

Resource A: Alternative Unit Formats

Resource A: Alternative Unit Formats

Resource B: Key Concepts in Different Disciplines

Resource B: Key Concepts in Different Disciplines

Resource C: What Work Requires of Schools

Resource C: What Work Requires of Schools

Resource D: Sample Unit Planner

Resource D: Sample Unit Planner

Glossary

Glossary

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

"This book is a potent reminder of what it means when teachers teach whole human beings—their minds, hearts, and souls. Erickson helps us recall what all great teachers know: quality teaching is about building young lives."
—Carol Ann Tomlinson, Professor, University of Virginia
Author, The Parallel Curriculum

"Erickson sets the standard for concept-based curriculum. Her work offers a theoretically rich and eminently practical approach for constructing curriculum around rich, transferable concepts. The third edition extends this seminal work for the benefit of educators and their students."
—Jay McTighe, Educational Consultant, McTighe and Associates
Author, Understanding by Design

Help students analyze and synthesize information for a deeper understanding of big ideas!

This updated edition of the classic bestseller on curriculum design for quality instruction provides practical structures, planning tools, and specific classroom examples of effective teaching strategies. The author focuses on the need for curriculum and instruction that allows students to move beyond factual learning to a level of understanding where knowledge transfers readily to new situations and thinking becomes integrated. The book's wide-ranging topics include:

  • Aligning local curriculum with state and national content standards
  • Using brain-based teaching methods
  • Developing higher-order thinking skills
  • Assessing and reporting student progress
  • Creating a lifelong love of learning in students

This invaluable resource encourages teachers to create an educational environment that challenges students' personal intellect, engages their spirits, and fosters a greater understanding of the world around them.

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

  • 1. Making Change in a Changing World
  • The State of Educational Change
  • Pressure Groups
  • Sharing the Job of Quality Education
  • A National Model for Concept-Based Curricula
  • Making Change the Systems Way
  • Overcoming Obstacles: Over, Under, Through, and Around
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 2. Concept-Based Curriculum
  • Traditional Curriculum
  • Concept-Based Curriculum
  • Historical Perspective: Hilda Taba
  • Conceptual Organizers
  • Generalizations
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 3. State Academic Standards and Local Curriculum Frameworks
  • State Standards
  • The Tripartite Model of Curriculum Design
  • Scope and Sequence Charts for Processes and Skills
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 4. Designing Interdisciplinary, Integrated Curricula
  • Defining Interdisciplinary, Integrated Curricula
  • The Integrated, Intradisciplinary Curriculum Model
  • Designing Concept-Based Teaching Units
  • Unit Design Steps: Questions and Answers
  • Lesson-Planning Pages
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 5. Concept-Based Units: Samples and Questions
  • From Coordinated to Integrated Units
  • Multiage Classrooms and Concept-Based Curriculum
  • Questions and Answers: Elementary Schools
  • Questions and Answers: Secondary Schools
  • The International Baccalaureate Programme
  • Career and Technical Education Programs
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 6. Assessing and Reporting Student Progress
  • A Brief Review: Form and Function
  • The Implications of Process Assessment
  • Reporting Process Development
  • Assessing Critical Thinking Developmentally
  • Standards for Thinking
  • Scoring Guides for Performance Tasks
  • Questions and Answers
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 7. Concept-Based Instruction
  • Instructional Strategies
  • Learning Experiences
  • Adapting Activities
  • Teacher Reflections on Concept-Based Instruction
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 8. Stirring the Head, Heart, and Soul: Creating a Love of Learning
  • Stirring the Head
  • Stirring the Heart and Soul
  • Loving to Learn
  • Summary

Resource A: Alternative Unit Formats

Resource A: Alternative Unit Formats

Resource B: Key Concepts in Different Disciplines

Resource B: Key Concepts in Different Disciplines

Resource C: What Work Requires of Schools

Resource C: What Work Requires of Schools

Resource D: Sample Unit Planner

Resource D: Sample Unit Planner

Glossary

Glossary

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

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"This book is a potent reminder of what it means when teachers teach whole human beings—their minds, hearts, and souls. Erickson helps us recall what all great teachers know: quality teaching is about building young lives."
—Carol Ann Tomlinson, Professor, University of Virginia
Author, The Parallel Curriculum

"Erickson sets the standard for concept-based curriculum. Her work offers a theoretically rich and eminently practical approach for constructing curriculum around rich, transferable concepts. The third edition extends this seminal work for the benefit of educators and their students."
—Jay McTighe, Educational Consultant, McTighe and Associates
Author, Understanding by Design

Help students analyze and synthesize information for a deeper understanding of big ideas!

This updated edition of the classic bestseller on curriculum design for quality instruction provides practical structures, planning tools, and specific classroom examples of effective teaching strategies. The author focuses on the need for curriculum and instruction that allows students to move beyond factual learning to a level of understanding where knowledge transfers readily to new situations and thinking becomes integrated. The book's wide-ranging topics include:

  • Aligning local curriculum with state and national content standards
  • Using brain-based teaching methods
  • Developing higher-order thinking skills
  • Assessing and reporting student progress
  • Creating a lifelong love of learning in students

This invaluable resource encourages teachers to create an educational environment that challenges students' personal intellect, engages their spirits, and fosters a greater understanding of the world around them.


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • 1. Making Change in a Changing World
  • The State of Educational Change
  • Pressure Groups
  • Sharing the Job of Quality Education
  • A National Model for Concept-Based Curricula
  • Making Change the Systems Way
  • Overcoming Obstacles: Over, Under, Through, and Around
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 2. Concept-Based Curriculum
  • Traditional Curriculum
  • Concept-Based Curriculum
  • Historical Perspective: Hilda Taba
  • Conceptual Organizers
  • Generalizations
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 3. State Academic Standards and Local Curriculum Frameworks
  • State Standards
  • The Tripartite Model of Curriculum Design
  • Scope and Sequence Charts for Processes and Skills
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 4. Designing Interdisciplinary, Integrated Curricula
  • Defining Interdisciplinary, Integrated Curricula
  • The Integrated, Intradisciplinary Curriculum Model
  • Designing Concept-Based Teaching Units
  • Unit Design Steps: Questions and Answers
  • Lesson-Planning Pages
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 5. Concept-Based Units: Samples and Questions
  • From Coordinated to Integrated Units
  • Multiage Classrooms and Concept-Based Curriculum
  • Questions and Answers: Elementary Schools
  • Questions and Answers: Secondary Schools
  • The International Baccalaureate Programme
  • Career and Technical Education Programs
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 6. Assessing and Reporting Student Progress
  • A Brief Review: Form and Function
  • The Implications of Process Assessment
  • Reporting Process Development
  • Assessing Critical Thinking Developmentally
  • Standards for Thinking
  • Scoring Guides for Performance Tasks
  • Questions and Answers
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 7. Concept-Based Instruction
  • Instructional Strategies
  • Learning Experiences
  • Adapting Activities
  • Teacher Reflections on Concept-Based Instruction
  • Summary
  • Extending Thought
  • 8. Stirring the Head, Heart, and Soul: Creating a Love of Learning
  • Stirring the Head
  • Stirring the Heart and Soul
  • Loving to Learn
  • Summary
  • Resource A: Alternative Unit Formats
  • Resource B: Key Concepts in Different Disciplines
  • Resource C: What Work Requires of Schools
  • Resource D: Sample Unit Planner
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

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"Erickson sets the standard for concept-based curriculum. Her work offers a theoretically rich and eminently practical approach for constructing curriculum around rich, transferable concepts. The third edition extends this seminal work for the benefit of educators and their students."
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