Tag: prior knowledge

Use Prior Knowledge, Increase Motivation and Develop Learner Agency to Pave the Way to Learning Success

Jan 14, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Executive Education, Knowing the learner, learner, Learner success, Learners, Motivation

Have you ever thought about how to improve your teaching? Have you ever wondered what it takes to create learner success in any teaching environment? Well, you need three things. Make that four things:
Approaches: What is prior knowledge?

Mar 7, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Approaches, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized, You can teach better

Using prior knowledge What is it? In a nutshell, it’s the knowledge, experiences, beliefs, and attitudes you bring to any new learning or teaching. Can we dig a little deeper? Prior knowledge, also sometimes called prior learning, is the knowledge that someone has before they meet new information. Every one of your adult learners comes…