Concept-Based Inquiry in Action: Strategies to Promote Transferable Understanding

This book provides a new framework for inquiry that promotes deep understanding by helping students inquire into concepts and the relationships between them. It offers practical teaching strategies, visual notes, videos, templates, and planners to facilitate the construction and transfer of conceptual understanding, and is essential for teachers in a world filled with complexity.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2018
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc

This book is a game-changer for educators looking to support colleagues in building on the foundations of their written concept-based curriculum and taking it to the next level. Filled with strategies, illustrations, diagrams, and pictures, it provides the insight needed to help students better understand what they are learning. With so many great ideas that can be applied in any classroom, it is a must-read for all educators.

The book offers a new framework for inquiry called Concept-Based Inquiry, which promotes deep understanding by helping students inquire into concepts and the relationships between them. The authors guide both new and experienced educators in implementing teaching strategies that support inquiry-based learning for understanding in any K–12 classroom. The book and its accompanying website are rich with resources to facilitate the construction and transfer of conceptual understanding.

In conclusion, this book is a valuable resource for educators seeking to create thinking classrooms that help students move from the factual to the conceptual level of thinking. By implementing the strategies and ideas presented, educators can help their students develop a deeper understanding of the world and prepare them for success in the 21st century.

Weight: 936g
Dimension: 278 x 216 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781506391298