Teaching for Understanding: Linking Research with Practice

Martha Stone Wiske, Editor / Contributors: Vito Perrone, David Perkins, Martha Stone Wiske, Karen Hammerness, Daniel Gray Wilson, Ron Ritchhart, Eric Buchovecky, Lois Hetland, Veronica Boix Mansilla, Howard Gardner, Chris Unger, Rosario Jaramillo, Roger Dempsey

ISBN 10: 0787910023 / ISBN 13: 9780787910020

Published by Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 1998

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379 pp., xviii. Stated: "First Edition" with '1' in number line. Following the Editor's "Introduction: The Importance of Understanding", Contents divided into 4 Parts: Part One: FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING FOR UNDERSTANDING (1) Vito Perrone, "Why Do We Need a Pedagogy of Understanding?'; (2) David Perkins, "What is Understanding?"; Part Two: TEACHING FOR UNDERSTANDING IN THE CLASSROOM (3) Martha Stone Wiske, "What Is Teaching for Understanding?"; (4) Martha Stone Wiske, Karen Hammerness, Daniel Gray Wilson, "How Do Teachers Learn to Teach for Understanding?'; (5) Ron Richhart, Martha Stone Wiske with Eric Buchovecky, Lois Hetland, "How Does Teaching for Understanding Look in Practice?"; Part Three: STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING IN THE CLASSROOM (6) Veronica Boix Mansilla, Howard Gardner, "What Are the Qualities of Understanding?'; (7) Lois Hetland, Karen Hammerness, Chris Unger, Daniel Gray Wilson, "How Do Students Demonstrate Understanding?"; (8) Karen Hammerness, Rosario Jaramillo, Chris Unger, Daniel Gray Wilson, "What Do Students in Teaching for UnderstandingClassrooms Understand?"; (9) Chris Unger, Daniel Gray Wilson, with Rosario Jaramillo, and Roger Dempsey, "What Do Students Think About Understanding?"; (10) Vito Perrone, "How Can We Prepare New Teachers?" ; (11) Martha Stone Wiske, Lois Hetland, Eric Buchovecky, "How Can Teaching for Understanding Be Extended in Schools?"; Howard Gardner, "Conclusion: Melding Progressive and Traditional Perspectives"; 351-373; Index, pp. 375-379. Dark green boards with purple cloth spine and brilliant gilt lettering on spine and Publisher's logo at lower right front cover. Glossy cream dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) with Dark Purple spine for whiteTitle lettering; Dark Purple Title lettering on middle front cover; 1/2" dark green Author box for yellow name lettering across top front cover. Slight stretch of binding between first and second sewn signatures (essentially nugatory), else unqualifiedly tight, As New: NO rubbing wear; sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Arguably, still Gift-Giving Quality.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Teaching for Understanding: Linking Research with Practice
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787910023
• ISBN 13: 9780787910020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This 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.

Part One: Foundations of Teaching for Understanding

1. Why Do We Need a Pedagogy of Understanding?

Vito Perrone

2. What is Understanding?

David Perkins

Part Two: Teaching for Understanding in the Classroom

3. What is Teaching for Understanding?

Martha Stone Wiske

4. How Do Teachers Learn to Teach for Understanding?

Martha Stone Wiske, Karen Hammerness, Daniel Gray Wilson

5. How Does Teaching for Understanding Look in Practice?

Ron Ritchart, Martha Stone Wiske, Eric Buchovecky, Lois Hetland

Part Three: Students' Understanding in the Classroom

6. What Are the Qualities of Understanding?

Veronica Boix Mansilla, Howard Gardner

7. How Do Students Demonstrate Understanding?

Lois Hetland, Karen Hammerness, Chris Unger, Daniel Gray Wilson

8. What Do Students in Teaching for Understanding Classrooms Understand?

Karen Hammerness, Rosario Jaramillo, Chris Unger, Daniel Gray Wilson

9. What Do Students Think About Understanding?

Chris Unger and Daniel Gray Wilson with Rosario Jaramillo and Roger Dempsey

Part Four: Promoting Teaching for Understanding

10. How Can We Prepare New Teachers?

Vito Perrone

11. How Can Teaching for Understanding Be ExtAnded in Schools?

Martha Stone Wiske, Lois Hetland, Eric Buchovecky

Conclusion: Melding Progressive and Traditional Perspectives

Howard Gardner

Martha Stone Wiske is a lecturer and researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she co-directs the Educational Techono

About the Author

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).