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| Defined concept of meaningful learning leads to another key aspect of Ausubel's theory: **prior knowledge**. Since relating old and new knowledge is crucial for meaningful learning, prior knowledge or the existing ideas are the key enabler or restraint of what can be learned next. | Defined concept of meaningful learning leads to another key aspect of Ausubel's theory: **prior knowledge**. Since relating old and new knowledge is crucial for meaningful learning, prior knowledge or the existing ideas are the key enabler or restraint of what can be learned next. | ||
| - | * "//If I had to reduce all of educational psychology to just one principle, I would say this: The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.//"((Ausubel, David P. Educational Psychology: A cognitive view. London: Holt, Reinhart, & Winston, 1968. p. 18.)) | + | * "//If I had to reduce all of educational psychology to just one principle, I would say this: The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.//"(([[http://books.google.com/books?id=17cdAAAAMAAJ|Ausubel, David P. Educational Psychology: A cognitive view. London: Holt, Reinhart, & Winston, 1968. p. 18.]])) |
| Another important and rather controversial part of Ausubel's theory are the **//advance organizers//**: introductory material presented before the learning material "//at a higher level of abstraction, generality, and inclusiveness//"(([[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1515323/|Ausubel, D. The Psychology of Meaningful Verbal Learning. New York: Grune & Stratton. 1963.]])) than the learning material. Purpose of advance organizers is to help replace the missing concepts and bridge new material to learner's established cognitive structure.(([[http://books.google.hr/books?id=jHNmQgAACAAJ|Joyce, Bruce R., Marsha Weil, and Emily Calhoun. Models of teaching. Allyn and Bacon, 2000.]])) They help the learner realize where the new material fits in relation to the prior knowledge about the material and should not be confused with summaries or overviews which usually present key ideas of the material. | Another important and rather controversial part of Ausubel's theory are the **//advance organizers//**: introductory material presented before the learning material "//at a higher level of abstraction, generality, and inclusiveness//"(([[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1515323/|Ausubel, D. The Psychology of Meaningful Verbal Learning. New York: Grune & Stratton. 1963.]])) than the learning material. Purpose of advance organizers is to help replace the missing concepts and bridge new material to learner's established cognitive structure.(([[http://books.google.hr/books?id=jHNmQgAACAAJ|Joyce, Bruce R., Marsha Weil, and Emily Calhoun. Models of teaching. Allyn and Bacon, 2000.]])) They help the learner realize where the new material fits in relation to the prior knowledge about the material and should not be confused with summaries or overviews which usually present key ideas of the material. | ||
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