The six facets of understanding are the key ways for students to bring meaning and transfer ability to content. The six facets are: explanation, interpretation, application, perspective, empathy, and self-knowledge. The facet that is easiest for me to achieve in my students is application. In Family and Consumer Sciences the whole curriculum is applying core subject concepts in real-life ways. At least once a week I will tell my students "This is your real-world math application."
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AuthorI am a middle school Family and Consumer Sciences teacher working on an education technology endorsement. Archives
November 2015
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