FIAE Chapter 2

How does someone know when they have mastered a subject? Chapter two reveals that for someone to actually master the knowledge, they have to be able to use it in the “ real-world”. Because teachers can only grade a student based on an assessment that they created it is only an inference of what that student knows. This chapter reverts back to Understanding by Design’s six facets by Jay Mctighe and Grant Wiggins. When someone can use their understanding of a material and use it in a “spontaneous applications” they have mastered the knowledge. This chapter also talks about how first year and new teachers need to tap into outside resources to figure out what is important in a unit plan. Yet, it also says that veteran teachers need top use these resources as well. Opening up our mind to others opinions will make the learning open to other perspectives.