  This set includes 8 Videos and One guide(see ordering information below for the set and additional guides) This comprehensive professional development program, filmed at Harvard University, presents the work of Project Zero, a research group at the Graduate School of Education that explores the development of learning in children, adults, and organizations. Through this video series and accompanying staff development guide, Project Zero staff provide an examination of how understanding can be viewed, taught, assessed, and deepened. Former co-directors of Harvard's Project Zero, Howard Gardner and David Perkins, present a foundation upon which the concept of understanding can be more fully explored, evaluated and enhanced. Presenting with Drs. Gardner and Perkins in this video series are many senior researchers from Project Zero. Topics range from The Mindful Classroom to Rubrics for Thinking and Understanding. Project Zero researchers, internationally renowned in the field of teaching and learning, provide a complete package for teachers, administrators, professors, and staff developers who are committed to improving understanding in all environments, and for learners of all ages. Content of Guide This accompanying staff development guide provides valuable suggestions for the most effective use of the videos. Glossaries of terms as well as additional resources are included. THE SERIES INCLUDES EIGHT VIDEOTAPES AND A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GUIDE Tape # Presenter 1. Experiencing Understanding (40 minutes) Tina Blythe 2. Unmasking Understanding (48 minutes) David Perkins 3. Minds and Understanding (79 minutes) Howard Gardner 4. The Teaching for Understanding Framework (58 minutes) Lois Hetland, Tina Blythe, Mark Church, Shehla Ghouse, & Joan Soble 5. Understanding in the Disciplines (53 minutes) Veronica Boix Mansilla 6. The Mindful Classroom (43 minutes) Ron Ritchhart 7. Rubrics for Thinking and Understanding (39 minutes) Heidi Goodrich Andrade 8. Collaborative Assessment (40 minutes) Steve Seidel No school district, university, research library or educational organization can afford to be without EDUCATING FOR UNDERSTANDING. Through viewing the 8 tapes and using the Guide, the viewer will: Observe the foremost thinkers in the area of teaching and learning in children and adults, as they present their ideas on the development of understanding Become familiar with special areas of focus including: Thinking for understanding MI in theory and practice Assessment practices Learning in and through the arts Identify how incorporation of best educational practices can help students develop a better understanding of discipline content See �reflective practice� in action Be able to use the Guide to obtain background and suggestions to make viewing of the videos a powerful professional development experience |