My first introduction to essential questions came through my Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design course with Heidi Jacobs.
I would check out this book:
Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping by Heidi Hayes Jacobs.
Dr. Jacobs has a number of other books you can find here:
http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Jacobs,%20Heidi%20H.
Good luck,
- Alex
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Alex Ragone
Director of Technology
Collegiate School
New York, NY
212-812-8695
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>I have been working with new teachers about using essential questions to guide them in planning their lessons. A second grade teacher and a level 1 and 2 French teacher (high school) have asked me about whether essential questions can be used with their
>subjects.
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>Both teachers are teaching many SKILLS-- for second grade, reading and writing-- and in French, basic vocabulary, verb tenses, etc.
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>Do any of you have experience using essential questions in grades/courses like these, or know of anyone to whom I can speak, or resources to read to guide them (and me) with this?
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>Kris Schulte
>Dean of Faculty
>Stuart Country Day School
>1200 Stuart Road, Princeton, NJ 08540
>609-921-2330
>fax 609-497-0784
>kschulte@stuartschool.org
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