Written by Megan Davenport, FariaPDWhen I sit down to write curriculum, I usually start by looking at the standards to determine how to organize and address them all in a year. It is a big task and something that takes a lot of careful thought. The end result is a...
Written by Megan Davenport, Faria Education Group How much do you remember from your middle school science class? What about your high school English or History classes? I have various memories from these courses, like writing a screenplay or using Punnett squares to...
Written by Megan Davenport, Faria Education Group When writing curriculum, many teachers start by selecting which standards will need to be taught during a given unit. This is certainly no easy task, and the end result is often a lot of information that students will...
By Marie-Theres Whitehead, Teacher at International School Ho Chi Minh City Likely everyone involved in curriculum development has not only heard but also battled at one point with crafting high-level Enduring Understandings. Even though we all know how to fill the...
By Jennifer Parker, GEMS American Academy – Abu Dhabi Curriculum is full of catchphrases. Sometimes we get so hung up on those catchphrases that we lose sight of developing or implementing a curriculum that is catchy in itself. “Understanding by Design” and...
