Know Do Understand (KDU): a starting point in planning
The BC curriculum’s more concept and competency based curriculum, expects that teachers combine Big Ideas, Contents, and Competencies as they plan learning experiences for their students. The purpose is to create clear goals which will guide teachers to design assessments and activities to develop concepts and skills in their students. The “Know-Do-Understand” Model (KDU) can […]
Unit Planning: one teacher’s approach
Guest post by Ariane faria-dos santos, Peer Mentor, PHD student EDCP 2022 The BC curriculum presents some challenges for teachers to plan because it requires that teachers combine Big Ideas, Contents, and Competencies. The purpose is to create clear goals which will guide teachers to design assessments and activities to develop concepts and skills in […]
Gearing up for Practicum: resources & search tips
Handout: Gearing Up Resources for TCs_Dec 23 During our session, we can help you with finding & evaluating resources to support your planning, suggest approaches to planning & teaching or work with your to get started or refine your Unit or Lesson plans. Before our session, we recommend looking at these resources to get a […]
Groupwork Strategies for Heterogeneous Classrooms
Teachers can feel overwhelmed trying to support the different needs of their students. A group work activity can be a perfect strategy to make students work together and support each other, improving the skills of all students. What is groupwork? Cohen & Lotan (2014, p. 1) define groupwork as “students working together in a group […]
All Class Response – engage & assess
Educators and researchers have long considered the benefits of students actively engaging in the classroom and how this can lead to gains in student learning. One way to achieve such engagement is by effectively incorporating all-class response or a student response system (SRS) as a part of your classroom assessment (and teaching) approaches. Be sure […]
