GAM 2022 Conference (Gifted Association of Missouri)

What is more important in the educational process than acquiring knowledge and developing skills? Far more important than either one is the goal of enlarging understanding. When students engage in learning for understanding, its very nature involves critical and higher order thinking. When engaged in learning for understanding, students gain an appreciation for why the knowledge and the skills are the important foundation of understanding. Centuries ago, Socrates gave us the model for teaching for understanding that can be used in today’s classrooms and in all disciplines – questioning.