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The Gradual Accommodation Model of Learning. Julie Ann Mix Division of Community Education Wayne State University. Write a paragraph on. the new clothes/shoes/ accessories I need and why. WORKSHOP. Using Language That “Shows” Rather Than “Tells”. Don’t we wish. Participation. Goal:
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The Gradual Accommodation Model of Learning Julie Ann Mix Division of Community Education Wayne State University
Write a paragraph on the new clothes/shoes/ accessories I need and why
WORKSHOP Using Language That “Shows” Rather Than “Tells”
Goal: Doing for Oneself
Stages of Grief • denial and isolation • anger • bargaining • depression • acceptance
Schema a mental codification of experience that includes a particular organized way of perceiving cognitively and responding to a complex situation or set of stimuli Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Nature of Background Knowledge Knowledge is stored in schematic background networks or in a "unified system of background relationships," not consciously present to us due to the constraints of short term memory. Hence, "visible parts stand for the rest of the schema" (54). The deeper and broader the networks, the stronger the ability to evoke substantive understandings (54). Hirsch, E.D. Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987.
Gradual Accommodation Ultimately, take it over for yourself. Show that you have done so.