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Six Facets Of Understanding in action

Six Facets Of Understanding in action. Marina Benova JHU School of Education. SIX FACETS OF UNDERSTANDING. Explanation Interpretation Application Perspective Empathy Self-Knowledge (2000 Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe). Model Assignment.

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Six Facets Of Understanding in action

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  1. Six Facets Of Understanding in action Marina Benova JHU School of Education

  2. SIX FACETS OF UNDERSTANDING • Explanation • Interpretation • Application • Perspective • Empathy • Self-Knowledge (2000 Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe)

  3. Model Assignment • Learning Group: Graduate Students in the Foundations to Innovation course • Assignment: Team-Lead Activity on Theory of Adult Development • Model Facets: Interpretation Application Perspective

  4. FACET 2: INTERPRETATION • Make sense of experience, critical reflection, and discourse in transformational learning. • Create analogies: disorienting dilemma in research and your own experience

  5. FACET 3 : APPLICATION • Make use of the theory principles in the context of teaching and learning experiences. • Design an engaging learning activity for your classmates.

  6. FACET 4: PERSPECTIVE • Compare and contrast the principles of both theories or different perspectives within the same theory. • Analyze the theories: show strengths and weaknesses. • See from the point of view of …

  7. FACET 1: EXPLANATION • Explain/teach… • Give examples of… • Make connections with … and… • Describe how… • Avoid common misconceptions such as…

  8. FACET 5: EMPATHY • Walk in the shoes of… • Experience directly and see… • Entertain the seemingly odd or alien view that…

  9. FACET 6: SELF-KNOWLEDGE • Recognize your prejudice about…. • Explain how you came to understand…. • Realize that even with all you know, you don’t really understand….

  10. Think Like an Assessor (Independent Activity) Directions: With your partner(s) read one example of an assignment/learning activity from various educational settings. Each one demonstrates several facets of understanding. Put yourself in the position of the instructor.

  11. Think Like an Assessor cont. • How did the teacher/instructor integrate the facets into the design of the learning activity?

  12. Think Like an Assessor cont. • In pairs, discuss the three facets and their implications for student achievement. • Record your ideas on the flip-chart. You may wish to include the suggestions for improvement of the learning activity based on the facets of understanding. (10 minutes) • Give a brief overview of the LA to the class (2 minutes) • Report your findings to the class (5-7 minutes).

  13. Think Like as Assessor cont. ROLES: Vice-President: - Records the conclusions. - Gives a brief overview of the assignment. President: - Reports the conclusions to the class.

  14. FYI: Whose Administration? John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-1963) • Richard Nixon (1969-1974) Spiro Agnew (1969-1973) Gerald Ford (1973-1974) • George Washington (1789-1797) John Adams (1789-1797) • Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) Walter Mondale (1977-1981)

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