New Knowledge Frameworks
Learning takes place by connecting new knowledge with knowledge and concepts that they already know, thereby constructing new meanings. Research suggests that students connect knowledge most effectively in active social classrooms, where they negotiate understanding through interaction and varied approaches , particularly by making mind maps. Instructors should be aware that students, as novice learners, often possess less developed or incomplete conceptual frameworks. As a result, it may take time to learn how to “chunk” knowledge into similar, retrievable categories, grow larger conceptual ideas, and interconnect ideas. They may also harbor misconceptions or erroneous ways of thinking, which can limit or weaken connections with new knowledge.
Learning takes place by connecting new knowledge with knowledge and concepts that they already know, thereby constructing new meanings. Research suggests that students connect knowledge most effectively in active social classrooms, where they negotiate understanding through interaction and varied approaches , particularly by making mind maps. Instructors should be aware that students, as novice learners, often possess less developed or incomplete conceptual frameworks. As a result, it may take time to learn how to “chunk” knowledge into similar, retrievable categories, grow larger conceptual ideas, and interconnect ideas. They may also harbor misconceptions or erroneous ways of thinking, which can limit or weaken connections with new knowledge.
Instructors can build cross curricular approaches that help students develop and learn pathways to becoming expert learners whose conceptual frameworks are deeply interconnected, transferable, rooted in a solid memory and skills foundation, and easily retrieved. Students build strong conceptual frameworks when instructors: help them assess and clarify prior knowledge; facilitate social environments through active learning activities that interconnect ideas and vary approaches to knowledge. This type of individualistic learning environment invites students to reflect, co-build course road maps, and pursue other forms of metacognition.
Instructors can build cross curricular approaches that help students develop and learn pathways to becoming expert learners whose conceptual frameworks are deeply interconnected, transferable, rooted in a solid memory and skills foundation, and easily retrieved. Students build strong conceptual frameworks when instructors: help them assess and clarify prior knowledge; facilitate social environments through active learning activities that interconnect ideas and vary approaches to knowledge. This type of individualistic learning environment invites students to reflect, co-build course road maps, and pursue other forms of metacognition.
Here is a selection of knowledge frameworks developed by instructors with learners working with International Classrooms On Line
Here is a selection of knowledge frameworks developed by instructors with learners working with International Classrooms On Line