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Gravett's meaningful vs rote learning
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Mind Map on Gravett's meaningful vs rote learning, created by Samantha Eva on 09/05/2015.
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Gravett's meaningful vs rote learning
Rote learning
short term
Learner did not construct own meaning
Definition
Contrived concepts
solutions to artifical problems
learning arbitrary associations
Meaningful learning
Long-term
Acquisition and retention of complex network of interrelated ideas
Organised body of knowledge to be incorporated in cognitive structures
Learning not equated with memorisation (only)
Learning vs. studying
Learning = acquisition of new knowledge, skills and attitudes
Studying = knowledge and skills deliberately committed to long-term memory
Experiential learning
Def
Process by which knowledge is created through the transformation of experience
Learning is process of reflection on and interpretation of experience
Every one's construction of knowledge is unique
Most important teaching task
Consider learners' experience when mediating learning
experiences used as the basis for formal learning
Educator creates opportunity for learners to construct new knowldge by means of authentic experiences
For learning to occur, experience must be reconstructed/transformed by learner
How?
Link learning with previous experience
Build bridges between known and unknown
Find similarities and differences between old and new
Point out analogies and relationships
Be sensitive to lifestyle/culture/gender differences
Base learning on current experiences
Link learning to current events (home/community/world)
Create new experiences
Active participation
Role-playing
Games
Simulations
Case studies
Social interaction
Expiditions
Outings
field trips
Characteristics of meaningful learning
Problems
Define problems & troubleshoots solutions
Consider alternatives and be open to new ideas
See issues from different perspectives
Take responsibility to complete sustained problems
Research
Tolerate ambiguity
Make and specify your assumptions
Develop line of argument and marshal support for it
Value evidence
Collect, aggregate, analyze and portray data
Produce and generate solutions
Synthesise knowledge from a variety of sources
Recognise that knowledge is tentative
Attitude
Persist in the face of failure
Be reflective
Self-asses own progress and make corrections
Characteristics of rote learning
Memorising, parroting, cramming, regurgitation of facts
Learning by repetition
Reading without understanding
Mastering foundational knowledge
Learning unrelated facts
Learning things that cannot be put into practice
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