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Stirring the Head, Heart, and Soul
Redefining Curriculum, Instruction, and Concept-Based Learning

Third Edition
Edited by:


December 2007 | 280 pages | Corwin

"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.


 
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

"The essence of good teaching is in this book. It's 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
Coauthor, Understanding by Design

"Shows us the value of teaching to transferable ideas, and emphasizes deep understanding versus shallow coverage of material. Erickson guides educators in designing a high-quality curriculum organized around the essential concepts and ideas of each discipline. This book a must-read for preservice and inservice teachers and administrators at all levels."

Lois Lanning, Assistant Superintendent
Regional School District 15, Middlebury, CT

"Erickson's work is a gift for teachers striving to prepare students for the exciting challenges of the twenty-first century. The concepts of teaching for global citizenship in today's world come alive with Erickson's clear, practical, and inspiring guidance."

Irene Davy, Director
Sunnybrook School, Toronto, Canada

use as resource for students and colleagues - its' wonderful

Dr Susan Dinnocenti
College Of Educ Health Prof, Sacred Heart University
November 6, 2012

This text covered the deeper aspects of therapeutic journal writing. Rather than using an academic driven approach, the authors employ a psychoeducational approach to their intervention.

Dr James Javorsky
Human Dvmt Child Studies Dept, Oakland University
January 2, 2011

The 2nd edition of Stirring the Head, Heart and Soul : Redefining Curriculum and Instruction (© 2001) was a complete re-write of the first edition, which was published in 1995. The 3rd edition required less revision because the message is even more current today as educators nationally and internationally become increasingly aware of the need to address the conceptual, as well as the factual levels of knowledge and understanding in curriculum and instruction. The 3rd edition reinforces, clarifies and extends the message that the expanding knowledge base requires conceptual structures to help students relate new knowledge to prior knowledge, transfer knowledge at the conceptual level, and develop synergistic thinking abilities as they use factual knowledge to develop deeper conceptual understanding.

The 3rd edition makes a slight revision to the sub-title-- Redefining Curriculum, Instruction, and Concept-based Learning—to emphasize the concept-based focus of the book. Each chapter was evaluated for clarity and focus of the message which led to some changes and revisions in wording, the inclusion of new tables and figures, and updating of many references. Twenty-eight additional and current references were included in the 3rd edition. Fifteen pages of additional text material discussed key trends that support concept-based instruction : Cooperative Learning, Differentiation, and Essential and Guiding Questions.

Sample Materials & Chapters

Preface

Chapter 1


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