This book presents an innovative approach to teaching that helpsstudents acquire and use knowledge in ways that go beyond rotememorization of facts and figures--to develop a level ofunderstanding that will serve them well throughout their lives.Based on a six-year collaborative research project of schoolteachers and researchers from the Harvard Graduate School ofEducation, the book describes what teaching for understanding lookslike in the classroom, and examines how teachers have learned touse it. br br Part One Foundations of Teaching for Understandingbr br 1. Why Do We Need a Pedagogy of Understandingbr br Vito Perronebr br 2. What is Understandingbr br David Perkinsbr br Part Two Teaching for Understanding in the Classroombr br 3. What is Teaching for Understandingbr br Martha Stone Wiskebr br 4. How Do Teachers Learn to Teach for Understandingbr br Martha Stone Wiske, Karen Hammerness, Daniel Gray Wilsonbr br 5. How Does Teaching for Understanding Look in Practicebr br Ron Ritchar