cognitive learning theory part three

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Brief introduction into this learning theory

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COGNITIVE LEARNING THEORY:

COGNITIVE LEARNING THEORY Part Three

David Ausubel - Focus:

David Ausubel - Focus Stressed the importance of active mental participation in meaningful learning tasks Learning must be meaningful to be effective and permanent

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Made a distinction between meaningful learning and rote learning Meaningful Learning – relatable to what one already knows so it can be easily integrated in one’s existing cognitive structure

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Rote Learning – the material to be learnt is not integrated / subsumed into an existing cognitive structure but learnt as isolated pieces of information

Implications for Classroom:

Implications for Classroom Teacher has to enhance the meaningfulness of new material to increase the chances of its being anchored to what is already known

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New material must be organized to be easily relatable to what is already known New material must be appropriately sequenced to facilitate integration

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Use of advance organizers. These facilitate the learning process by providing ideas to which the new knowledge can be attached

Advance Organizers:

Advance Organizers Introductory material presented in advance that orients learners to the subject matter and relates new learning to what is already known Information that activates relevant background knowledge

Advance Organizers:

Advance Organizers Can take the form of textual material, oral introduction about the topic, pictures, titles, topic summaries, questions that direct thoughts in the required direction

Implications for Learning:

Implications for Learning The need to organize and structure meaningful learning activities. The requirements of the task must be appropriate to the developmental stage (Piaget, Bruner) and allow for the development of HOTS (Bloom)