{"id":4829,"date":"2021-07-21T11:34:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T06:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.toddleapp.com\/?post_type=talk_post&#038;p=4829"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T05:53:43","slug":"teaching-for-understanding-a-panel-discussion","status":"publish","type":"talk_post","link":"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/talk-post\/teaching-for-understanding-a-panel-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Teaching for Understanding and Transfer of Learning<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-the-talk\"><strong>About the talk<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Contemporary education needs to continue to shift from an emphasis on knowledge acquisition, to a focus on understanding ideas and learning processes which can be applied across a range of contexts. Learning transfer means that students can use past learning in new situations, in increasingly complex ways. Join authors and educators, Jay McTighe, Julie Stern and Michael McDowell in this&nbsp; thought leadership panel, as they discuss essential questions such as what it means to understand something and what kind of experiences support learning transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group learnings has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff6f3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-noteworthy-highlights\"><strong>Noteworthy highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Future-proof your lessons with learning transfer strategies &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn best practices in pedagogy that will inspire fruitful learning transfer in your students, regardless of the subject matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the talk Contemporary education needs to continue to shift from an emphasis on knowledge acquisition, to a focus on understanding ideas and learning processes which can be applied across a range of contexts. 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