Teaching for Understanding: Linking Research with Practice
By Unknown Author.
Description
This book presents an innovative approach to teaching that helpsstudents acquire and use knowledge in ways that go beyond rotememorization of facts and figures--to develop a level ofunderstanding that will serve them well throughout their lives.Based on a six-year collaborative research project of schoolteachers and researchers from the Harvard Graduate School ofEducation, the book describes what teaching for understanding lookslike in the classroom, and examines how teachers have learned touse it. Part One: Foundations of Teaching for Understanding1. Why Do We Need a Pedagogy of Understand...
ISBN(s)
0787910023, 9780787910020
