Course Description: Unlocking True Understanding

This course helps you move beyond surface-level learning and explore what true understanding looks like. Through the lens of transfer, depth, and meaningful application, you will learn how to design learning experiences that go far beyond recall. If you're committed to improving your teaching intentionally — just 1% each day — this course is your starting point.

🔑 Key Highlights

• Understand the Six Facets of Understanding and how they strengthen student thinking.
• Learn the difference between recall-based tasks and transfer-rich learning.
• Identify indicators of deep understanding in everyday classroom practice.
• Shift from memory-focused teaching to designing learning that students can apply anywhere.

📘 What You Will Learn

The Six Facets of Understanding

Gain clarity on each facet — Explain, Interpret, Apply, Perspective, Empathy, and Self-Knowledge — and learn how to weave them organically into lessons.

Knowing vs. Understanding

Explore why recall alone isn’t enough and how deeper learning helps students think independently, reason, and problem-solve.

Designing for Transfer

Learn simple strategies to create tasks that push students to apply concepts in new and unfamiliar situations.

Recognizing True Understanding

Discover day-to-day indicators that reveal whether students merely remember — or genuinely understand.