Designing K-12 Curriculum Around Big Questions

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Jul 26, 201004:06Education

Jim Burke shares how, by organizing teaching around big questions, he's able to create curricular cohesion and avoid fragmentation by folding together skills, core content, and standards in a meaningful context that enga...

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