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Teaching for Understanding
Designing curriculum, instruction, and assessment that nurtures deep and lasting understanding for students.
Project Zero’s research on Teaching for Understanding helps educators to answer two essential questions: What does it mean to understand something? And what kinds of curricula, learning experiences, and assessment support students in developing understanding? The Teaching for Understanding framework that was developed through this research helps educators take students beyond the simple mastery of facts to being able to apply knowledge flexibly in unfamiliar contexts. The framework helps educators 1) identify topics, concepts, and skills that are worth understanding; 2) frame goals that help students focus on the most important aspects of those topics; 3) engage students in challenging learning experiences that help to build and demonstrate their understanding; and 4) develop assessment practices that help to deepen student understanding.
The Teaching for Understanding Guide
A resource from Teaching for UnderstandingArticles
Books
- Smart Schools: Better Thinking and Learning for Every Child
- Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education
- Futurewise: Educating Our Children for a Changing World
- The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach
- The Disciplined Mind: Beyond Facts and Standardized Tests, the K-12 Education That Every Child Deserves
- Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the Age of Truthiness and Twitter