What does this mean?
*The focus is on skills and processes that are transferable across curricular areas (questioning, analyzing, comparing, justifying, observing). This are described in the curricular competencies.
*The focus is on teaching broader concepts where students need to think and apply knowledge in such a way that they develop new understandings with some independence (appropriate to age level)
*The teacher is a facilitator and guide rather than the person with all "the answers"
*Open ended problem solving and essential questions are an integral part of lessons
*'Big ideas' are explored and students are encouraged to make connections between curricular areas
*Learning takes time and is challenging (without struggle/problems there is no potential to learn something new)
*The focus is on skills and processes that are transferable across curricular areas (questioning, analyzing, comparing, justifying, observing). This are described in the curricular competencies.
*The focus is on teaching broader concepts where students need to think and apply knowledge in such a way that they develop new understandings with some independence (appropriate to age level)
*The teacher is a facilitator and guide rather than the person with all "the answers"
*Open ended problem solving and essential questions are an integral part of lessons
*'Big ideas' are explored and students are encouraged to make connections between curricular areas
*Learning takes time and is challenging (without struggle/problems there is no potential to learn something new)