{"product_id":"9780787910020","title":"Teaching for Understanding Linking Research with Practice","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTeaching for Understanding\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLinking Research with Practice\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMartha Stone Wiske\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Teaching \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book presents an innovative approach to teaching that helps students acquire and use knowledge in ways that go beyond rote memorization of facts and figures--to develop a level of understanding that will serve them well throughout their lives. Based on a six-year collaborative research project of school teachers and researchers from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the book describes what teaching for understanding looks like in the classroom, and examines how teachers have learned to use it. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part One: Foundations of Teaching for Understanding\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Why Do We Need a Pedagogy of Understanding?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vito Perrone\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. What is Understanding?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e David Perkins\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Teaching for Understanding in the Classroom\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. What is Teaching for Understanding?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Martha Stone Wiske\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. How Do Teachers Learn to Teach for Understanding?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Martha Stone Wiske, Karen Hammerness, Daniel Gray Wilson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. How Does Teaching for Understanding Look in Practice?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ron Ritchart, Martha Stone Wiske, Eric Buchovecky, Lois Hetland\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Students' Understanding in the Classroom\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. What Are the Qualities of Understanding?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Veronica Boix Mansilla, Howard Gardner\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. How Do Students Demonstrate Understanding?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Lois Hetland, Karen Hammerness, Chris Unger, Daniel Gray Wilson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. What Do Students in Teaching for Understanding Classrooms Understand?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Karen Hammerness, Rosario Jaramillo, Chris Unger, Daniel Gray Wilson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. What Do Students Think About Understanding?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chris Unger and Daniel Gray Wilson with Rosario Jaramillo and Roger Dempsey\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Four: Promoting Teaching for Understanding\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. How Can We Prepare New Teachers?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vito Perrone\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. How Can Teaching for Understanding Be ExtAnded in Schools?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Martha Stone Wiske, Lois Hetland, Eric Buchovecky\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Melding Progressive and Traditional Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Howard Gardner\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Martha Stone Wiske is a lecturer and researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she co-directs the Educational Techono\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e MARTHA STONE WISKE is a lecturer and researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she co-directs the Educational Techonology Center. She is the coeditor of Software Goes to School: Teaching for Understanding with New Technologies (1995).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 October 1997\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJossey-Bass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780787910020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e400\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310938845324,"sku":"9780787910020","price":46.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780787910020_9ddad985-5ba3-41d5-b642-886d04d9fdb2.jpg?v=1780106939","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780787910020","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}