Principle 1 establish context
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The document discusses the importance of establishing context in education by introducing students to topics in a way that connects with their existing knowledge and motivations. It emphasizes the necessity of contextualizing courses to enhance both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, while ensuring that the language used is accessible to students. Ultimately, this approach helps students understand the relevance of the course within their broader educational journey.
Principle 1 establish context
- 1. Principle 1 Establish context Glenn Martin March 2017
- 2. Establish the context and the topic area with appropriate introductory explanations and references to relevant supporting materials.
- 3. Establishing the context means to introduce students to the topic in a way that enables them to understand where it fits among things they are familiar with, or are working towards, and to begin to make sense of the subject.
- 4. Context is the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood. AND When something is contextualised, it is placed in an appropriate setting, one in which it can be properly considered.
- 6. Contextualising the course means explaining to students how the course fits into the bigger picture of the qualification they are studying for, and what part the content plays in that larger picture. This speaks to the student’s extrinsic motivation for undertaking the course.
- 7. Contextualising begins to develop in students a sense of the purpose and the value of the course. This speaks to the student’s intrinsic motivation for undertaking the course.
- 8. Contextualisation requires a sense of who the students are and what prior knowledge, understanding and experience they have.
- 9. The contextualisation step is about inviting students into the content and giving them a reason to be there. Accordingly, the language should be accessible (bridging language), speaking to students’ expected current state of knowledge and experience.
- 10. It is advisable to avoid jargon and the use of terms in ways that could be expected to be unfamiliar, yet you still need to be able to point towards, and articulate, the learning outcomes of the course.