advanced organiser model

Madhavi Dharankardharankar.madhavi@yahoo.com

David Ausubel(1918- 2008)

Meaningful Verbal Learning

Developer: David Ausubel

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How knowledge is organised (curriculum)

How the mind works to process new information

How teachers can make use of these ideas

Progressive Differentiation Integrative Reconciliation

AO is NOT A part of the content / of the teaching material A summary of the teaching material

AO is wider in scope and is more abstract AO comes right in the beginning of a

lesson Two ends of AO

Previous Knowledge of the learner New knowledge to be acquired

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Types of Advance Organisers

Expository Comparative

Concept, Definition

Generalization

Comparison

Analogy

1. Presentation of Advanced Organiser• Clarify aims of the lesson• Present Advanced Organiser• Prompt awareness of relevant knowledge

2. Presentation of Learning Material• Make organisation explicit• Make logical order of learning material explicit• Present material logically

3. Strengthening Cognitive Organisation• Use principles of integrative reconciliation• Promote active reception• Elicit critical approach• Clarify

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General Highly structured Active collaboration between teacher and

leaner Specific

Phase 1 and 2: Main Role of the Teacher Phase 3: Teacher and Student are at the same

level

General Negotiation of meaning Responsibility of connecting organiser and

material Specific

Teacher To solve doubts of the students To help in identifying the similarities and diffferences

between the old and the new knowledge Student

To get the doubts clarified

Data- rich Well- organised Material Possible Options: Pictures, Films, Charts,

Models, Concept Maps, etc

Instructional Effects Conceptual structures Meaningful assimilation of information and

ideas Nurturant Effects

Interest in inquiry Habits of precise thinking

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Geometrical Figures

Single Dimension 2D 3D

Ray Line Open Closed

Plane Angle

Arc

Triangle Quadrilateral

Pentagon Circle

Cone Sphere

Cube Rectangular Parallelepiped

Prism Pyramid

Interactive Model Usage of Deductive approach Brings out importance of even not-so-

popular method like Lecturing Usage of examples and explanations to a

greater extent