Pedagogy
Facets of Understanding
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe identify these six facets of understanding.
- Explanation
- Interpretation
- Application
- Perspective
- Empathy
- Self-Knowledge
Web Resources connected with Understanding by Design:
Rubric for Six Facets of Understanding | Criteria for judging how learners are performing with respect to each facet.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Website | This organization published Understanding by Design and The Understanding by Design Handbook.
Understanding by Design | The first two chapters of Wiggins and McTighe's Understanding by Design are posted on the ASCD website.
The Understanding by Design Exchange | This is a cooperative Web site devoted to the development and peer review of curriculum units. To use the development and review portions of the website, you need to buy a subscription. However, their resources page has some nice freebies.
Technology in Teaching and
Learning Site | This is a summer academy for
K-12 teachers in South Dakota. One of their postings has a nice summary
of indicators of teaching for understanding.