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Oct 21, 2026, 04:46 AMVirtualEGP 3800.00
Think Big: Bringing Concept-Based Learning to Life
How can we move students beyond knowing facts to developing deep, transferable understanding? This workshop explores how educators can intentionally design and facilitate concept-based learning within inquiry-based and transdisciplinary contexts. Participants will discover how concepts can act as powerful lenses for inquiry, enabling learners to make connections, explore diverse perspectives and transfer their understanding to new situations. Through practical strategies and collaborative exploration, participants will consider how conceptual learning can be embedded across curriculum design, the Programme of Inquiry, unit planning, teaching and assessment.
What You Will Learn
- How conceptual understanding adds depth, meaning and rigour to learning.
- How concepts can drive inquiry and move learners beyond factual knowledge.
- How conceptual learning helps learners make connections and transfer understanding across subjects, disciplines and contexts.
- How concepts can strengthen transdisciplinary learning within and beyond the Programme of Inquiry.
- How to identify and use powerful concepts and conceptual lenses to frame learning and inquiry.
- How intentional planning can create opportunities for deeper thinking, inquiry and learner agency.
- How teaching and assessment can be designed to make conceptual understanding visible.