CH.

4 THE SIX FACETS OF

UNDERSTANDING
Presenter: Leny Novita
Instructor: Prof. Ge, Yun-Ping
Understanding by Design (UbD), Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, Expanded 2nd Edition
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01 02 03 04

Review Six Facets of Activity Implication

Understanding
01 REVIEW

Understanding as meaningful inferences

Understanding as transferability
Understanding as a noun
 02 SIX FACETS OF UNDERSTANDING

Facet 1 Facet 2 Facet 3 Facet 4 Facet 5 Facet 6

explanation Interpretation Application perspective empathy self-knowledge

Sophisticated Interpretations, Ability to use Critical and The ability to The wisdom to
and apt theories narratives, and knowledge insightful points get inside know one’s
and illustrations, translations that effectively in new of view another ignorance and
which provide provide meaning situations and person’s how one’s patterns
knowledgeable diverse, realistic feelings and of thought and
and justified contexts worldview action inform as
accounts of well as prejudice
events, actions, understanding.
and ideas.
Where is the six facets of understanding in these stages?
What is the relationship between the six facets of understanding
and Bloom’s account of assessment in the taxonomy?
 Facet 1
explanation

Why and how Supporting our

opinion
 Facet 2
Interpretation

Meanings: A challenge: Developing

transforming Bringing any “text” interpretations
understanding to life
 Facet 3
Application

Matching knowledge Real-world problems

to a context
 Facet 4
perspective

The advantage of
perspective
 Facet 5
empathy

Empathy as a way to A change of heart More experiences in

insight learning
 Facet 6
self-knowledge

Intellectual What self-knowledge

rationalization demands
03 Activity
Please fill out these facets using the Core Competencies and
Basic Competencies of Chemistry
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What do you think about this two
pictures? Is there any relationship
between each others?
How do we associate with the six
facets of understanding?
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Key implications of the facets for teaching and learning
● What any curriculum designed for understanding must do, then, is help students
realize that their job is not merely to take in what is “covered” but to actively
“uncover” what lies below the surface of the facts and to ponder their meaning.
This is, of course, what constructivism means: Meaning cannot be taught; it must
be fashioned by the learner via artful design and effective The Six Facets of
Understanding 103 coaching by the teacher.
Thank you

谢谢

Terimakasih
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