Conceptual Teaching and Assessment Strategies -Podcast with Tania Lattanzio & Ali Ezzeddine

In this podcast, Ali and Tania discussed the importance of shifting from content-focused to conceptually-driven teaching and assessment. Tania explained that conceptual learning involves writing essential questions that are connected to content, and emphasized the need for teachers to plan and teach conceptually to assess understanding effectively. She introduced a rubric for understanding that helps build conceptual knowledge over time, applicable across all subject areas including PE and visual arts. Ali raised concerns about teachers' time constraints for collaboration, but Tania assured that conceptual assessment can be adapted to different disciplines by focusing on broad, transferable concepts rather than specific content.