Concept Based Curriculum

Concept based curriculum...

  1. Promotes greater depth of understanding.
  2. Provides transferable learning.
  3. Provides structure for students.
  4. Promotes higher-level thinking.
  5. 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?