March 7, 20220

Rachel-Karli and Meg: Conceptual Collaboration

Meg Griswold is a MS humanities teacher at Graded, The American School of São Paulo, Brazil. As part of the school’s professional learning initiative around deeper...

by Rachel French

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September 28, 20210

When Change is Needed: One Teacher’s Journey to a Concept-Based Approach in World Languages

Have you ever had that one moment in your teaching when you thought: “Wow, something needs to change?” Well, mine was when a student asked me: “Why do we learn about the...

by Professional Learning International

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April 27, 20200

Myth Busters #1 – What Role do Facts and Skills Play in a Concept-Based Curriculum?

Welcome to our new ‘Myth Busters’ blog series, where we aim to debunk common misconceptions related to Concept-Based Inquiry (Marschall & French, 2018). Dispelling these...

by Rachel French

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April 27, 20200

The Importance of Learning Transfer

As educators, we know that we cannot possibly teach children everything they need to know and be able to do in the future. We also know that many of our students will work in...

by Rachel French

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April 13, 20200

Why moving to a Concept-Based Inquiry approach just makes sense

Teachers, This is not another one of those education “fads.” You will not find yourself sitting in a faculty meeting, shoulders slumped, eyes rolling, wondering if this new...

by Rachel French