Concept Based Curriculum
Concept based curriculum...
- Promotes greater depth of understanding.
- Provides transferable learning.
- Provides structure for students.
- Promotes higher-level thinking.
- Less emphasis on facts. Motivation!
Does that make it Gifted?
- Is it differentiated?
- Is it adapted, modified, or a replacement of general education curricula?
- Is the pace a match to gifted learners?
- Are there opportunities to extend or go beyond the basic unit or curriculum?
- Are there opportunities to explore personal areas of interest, or to highlight personal strength areas?
- Does it demand sufficient depth and higher level thinking- not based just on “factual” learning?