H Lynn Erickson

A design guide for playfully igniting agency, artistry, and understanding with concepts and materials anywhereEngaged students and an inspired environment are in your hands-literally. Pop-Up Studio invites us to step into our artistry as responsive teachers who empower learners as fellow thinkers and creatives. Integrating neuroscience with teaching approaches such as concept-based, play-based, and inquiry, Pop-Up Studio is a guide to igniting agency, artistry, and understanding with students anytime, anywhere WHAT YOU GET152 pages with full-colour images, examples from real JK-Middle Years classrooms, 100+ practical prompts and graphics, and 30+ journaling featuresExclusive link to free, digital and fillable support materials insideCustom-designed and ethically published with love in Canada Perfect for university-level courses specializing in creative teaching approaches such as Instructional Design and Creativity and The Arts in Childhood.

This is a guide to developing students' critical thinking, abstract reasoning, and creative learning skills with concept-based teaching. Concept-Based teachers will learn how to meet the demands of rigorous academic standards, engage students in inquiry through inductive teaching and identify conceptual lenses as well as craft quality generalizations.

This accessible guide is a must-have for teachers, curriculum designers, and school leaders, providing them with everything they need to know about developing curriculum and instruction for the K-12 classroom. takes a unique approach to the topic of curriculum development by bringing together Lynn Erikson's Structure of Knowledge and Lois Lanning's Structure of Process to help educators create Common Core-aligned, concept-based curriculum across subject areas and grade-levels.

Demonstrate how teachers can use a "conceptual lens" to design instructional units and differentiated lessons that deepen students' thinking skills and inspire a genuine love of learning.