Four Criteria for Understanding

• Understand beyond discrete facts or skills by focusing on larger concepts.
  • Ask yourself: Is it worth an adult learning this?
• Understand the extent in which the topic, idea, or process resides at the heart of the discipline.
  • Ask yourself: What does this have to do with -subject-?
• Understand the extent in which the topic, idea, or process requires uncoverage (exploration and inquiry).
  • Ask yourself: Are these concepts or processes difficult to grasp and do they tend to lead to misconceptions that need to be challenged?
• Understand the extent in which the topic, idea or process offers potential for engaging students (through contextualization)?
  • Ask yourself: How is this topic, idea, or process reflected in the students’lives?

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