Concept+Driven+Learning

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 * Lynn Erickson at IB Conference 2011 [] **


 * Go to this site and download the PDF summary document entitled: Concepts and Thinking Skills. Although it is more MYP focussed it is relevant for PYP and speaks to new design of the MYP as ithe Areas for Learning will become the what PYPers call the Trans. Skills... [] **


 * Kathy Short´s article Inquiry as a Stance. Helps to remind us about focussing on the big ideas or concepts of the unit, rather than the content alone! **
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 * This is one of my personal favourites: shared at atl least three PYP workshops that I’ve attended. [[file:vivacritique/G Wiggins 1989.pdf|http://www.vivacritique.com/file/view/G+Wiggins+1989.pdf]] **


 * Concepts vs Topics by Maggie Hos McGrane [] **


 * What’s the Big Idea? [] **


 * Thinking Big - A conceptual framework for the study of everything. by Marion Brady [[file:pypacademymiami2011/BRADY Eng.pdf|http://pypacademymiami2011.wikispaces.com/file/view/BRADY+Eng.pdf]] **


 * Rethinking Instructional Delivery for Diverse Student Populations: Serving All Learners with Concept-Based Instruction by Jan D. McCoy and Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller **
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Student created movie trailers about the concepts: [|Change] [|connection] [|causation]

[|Concept Chatterboxes] from the ProDivas

[|SoundCloud] - a great social network for sounds - have used it with the chatterboxes for students to talk about concepts at beginning, mid & end of unit.

Concept Cartoons by @whatedsaid on ToonDoo: [|perspective] [|reflection] [|change] [|connection] [|function] [|form] [|causation] responsibility

Book resource - [|A Whole New Mind], Daniel Pink

Create a [|Capacity Matrix] based on the concepts - [|example] shared by ErwinDumenden

[|Abstract Art and Science] - a great blog post by @dwyerteacher about conceptual understanding

Concept driven learning in action by @whatedsaid