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Talent is Overrated is the title of a fascinating book by Geoff Colvin. Like Malcolm Gladwell's The Outliers, it makes you completely rethink what you thought you knew about learning and achievement.
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe write in their Educational Leadership article about how to reform school by acknowledging that we have three different types of learning goals: Acquisition, Meaning Making and Transfer. To Put Understanding First is to realize that too much teaching focuses only on (short-term) acquisition of knowledge and skill instead of (long-term) understanding.
Grant Wiggins
What's the big idea?
Jun 21, 2009
What is a big idea? Good question! We have argued over the years that a big idea is any concept, theory, principle, or theme that helps learners make sense of a subject. 'Follow the money' is a big idea in politics. 'The American dream' is a theme useful for undestanding complicated literature, etc. Then, why do designers and teachers get soconfused about this term? Let's ponder it.
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