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What is Concept-Based Curriculum

Chapter 2
Educational Reform and International Baccalaureate in the Asia-Pacific
This is a curriculum designed and developed to facilitate learners’ conceptual understanding by key concepts and related concepts beyond inert knowledge and rote learning. The concept is a mental construct or category represented by a word or phrase. The concept includes both tangible objects and abstract ideas. Overarching understandings are derived from concepts.
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A Re-Evaluation of Backward Design in Goal Setting, Assessment and Instruction Planning in International Baccalaureate
Hyeon-Suk Kang (Kyungpook National University, South Korea) and Kang-Ye Na (Kyungpook National University, South Korea)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5107-3.ch002
Abstract
Much research in the field of International Baccalaureate (IB) education has focused on the strengths and weaknesses of this innovative system of education. In contrast, this chapter aims to return the discussion to the more fundamental aspects of IB by considering more deeply the issue of “backward design” and its relevance to the IB in the Korean and Asian contexts. The backward design consists of a) setting goals for learning, b) designing evaluation criteria to assess mastery of the course materials, and c) planning of the instruction in order to attain the learning goals.
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Art Empowering At-Risk and Opportunity Youth: A Case Study of artworxLA
A method of learning and instruction that emphasizes the use of a conceptual framework to understand and synthesize facts and information, researched and written about by educator H. Lynn Erickson. Through a conceptual lens, educators consider and explore with students big ideas (otherwise known as generalizations or essential or enduring understandings) that can be applied to a range of topics or themes.
Published in Chapter: Art Empowering At-Risk and Opportunity Youth: A Case Study of artworxLA; From: Handbook of Research on the Facilitation of Civic Engagement through Community Art
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