Understanding is a complex and wide area in which human beings are immerse all the time. The idea of understanding is part of our evolution and its implicancies has been analysed to understand its problematic. The main problem of understanding is to get its real meaning. When we talk about this concept we have to direct our thoughts inside the word to appreciate that human brains are multiple organisms that control every piece of information that travels in it. The idea of understanding as a common process is not realistic. In the real context, at schools, we are always evaluating students´performances to measure if they understood or not. So that, understanding is more than a way of assessing someone´s learning process, in fact it is the most higher level to comprehend and to use that information to solve real and difficult situations in their lives.
There is another concept which is absolutely misunderstood. Knowledge has been conceptualized as a general concept where supposedly someone has achieved a level or a new stage of understanding. This idea has limited the dimension of learning giving knowledge a similar condition than understading. As part of a process, knwoledge is a fact, a data or an especific element that helps to acquire more information in order to achieve the prime objective which is understanding.
Understanding is a scenario where connections are happening, where mental structures congregate a big amount of information that is activated through a correct and dynamic construction. When we talk about Understanding it implies a subordinate element that helps to make those connections. Transfer is the road where info is advancing to make the click. The idea of transfering is more than a step or a stage. It means a sophisticated mechanism to put those ideas or concepts into practice, in other words it has the mision of supporting new connections or a new way of thinking that is replacing those first constructions, to assume a new perspective. The complex and successful stage of understanding.
