Understanding by Design with Grant Wiggins 

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This video gives an overview of a workshop delivered by Grant Wiggins to Avenues staff in January 2012. For more video of the workshop, visit • Grant Wiggins - Unders... and • Grant Wiggins - Unders... .
Title: Understanding by Design with Grant Wiggins
Date: January 21st 2012
Subject: Designing courses so students reach a true understanding of the subject matter.
Speakers: Grant Wiggins, President of Authentic Education
Synopsis: Students can be highly intelligent, have excellent teachers and yet not reach a true understanding of course material. Grant Wiggins introduces the idea of planning classes so students end up with a deeper understanding of what they learn, and the ability to transfer their learning to other areas of study.
Duration: 4:07
The Avenues Interview Series has been created by Avenues: The World School.
The purpose of these sessions is to explore advanced concepts in education with pioneering thought leaders.