Teaching for Understanding What It Is and How to Do It

At a time when test results can be everything, high scores may be pursued whatever the cost. Perhaps more than many would admit, the result is a lack of understanding. Teaching for Understanding describes why understanding is worthwhile and what understanding means, particularly in the subjects commonly taught in schools, colleges and higher education. It draws on recent research to provide a framework of strategies known to support the understanding processes. Learners may fail to understand for a variety of reasons. Why this happens and what can be done is discussed, including inappropriate conceptions of learning amongst teachers and learners, matters to do with motivation, the assessment of understanding, and what learners can do to help themselves. Teaching for Understanding provides a well-founded framework for thinking about understanding and how it might be fostered. This accessible text will prove an invaluable guide for teachers in training and in service as well as lecturers and advisers in education and educational psychologists.Newton, Douglas P. is the author of 'Teaching for Understanding What It Is and How to Do It', published 2000 under ISBN 9780415227902 and ISBN 0415227909.