Teaching for Understanding with Trent Davis!
Head of Curriculum and Wellbeing (Prep–Year 2) and a dedicated Year 2 teacher, Mr Trent Davis is passionate about helping young learners think deeply, question boldly, and grow with confidence.
A.B. Paterson College's pedagogy is Harvard University's Teaching for Understanding framework - a research-backed approach designed to move learners beyond memorisation and into genuine, lasting understanding.
In his classroom, that framework comes to life - through meaningful learning, critical thinking, and real-world application.
In Part One of our series, Trent shares how he empowers students to think about their thinking, building skills that last far beyond the classroom.
This is what learning with purpose looks like.
Watch this video with Trent speaking about the Teaching for Understanding.
A.B. Paterson College acknowledges the Kombumerri People as Traditional Custodians of the land, sea, waterways, and skies in which we learn and play. We also pay our respects to elders, past, present, and emerging, and recognise their continuing connection to country and ways of learning.