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Theme based learning helps the students make connections to transfer knowledge, and apply it. It helps make comparisons, catagorize and pattern finding
Popularity- Many teachers use this form of learning/teaching
Orgin- Since the 1960s in the UK primary classroom
It is when a classroom orginizes a theme so that students can apply what they know about this theme, and what interests them, to what they are learning.
Students who learn with the theme based style learn about topics that are meaningful and relavant to their own lives which is "intrinsic motivation". Students are then learning because they want to, and it intrests them, not becasue they have to.
A teacher who is teaching this style of learning is who pics the theme and who designs the curriculum. The teacher is in charge so if the style of the theme is not working for the students, then it is their responsibility to have a theme that makes the students excell
It creates a context for students to see the meaningful application of the academic knowledge and skill
This style is prefectly fit for small, multi-aged classes
Cognitive (thinking)
Affective (Social/Emotional)
Phychomotor (Physical)
Discouraged:
-subjects may lose identity
-students could lose interest in theme
-more work for teacher
Involved:
-Through one centeral topic
-easier for students to focus in on one topic
-Makes it mroe fun for the students
-Students learn about something meaninful to them
-makes deeper connections
-fun
-creates a live for research
-research takes a lot of time in class
-missing out on connections outside of theme
-finding enough recources for research
-no pre-made basl program
This data expands currect gabs in literature with respect to the measured benifits for students of adopting themes in college teaching/learning
Results indicate that the embedding themes across an entire coarse can be a sucessful way to improve students preception of their learning and comfort learning about new subjects.