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<https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/how-to-make-learning-relevant/>

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Scope of curriculum integration - Alberta education (2007) <http://bit.ly/2xUthm9>

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<http://www.gillcohen.com/psychoeducational-assessment/>

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Why is it important to consider students prior experiences and knowledge? 

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Why is it important to consider students prior experiences and knowledge? 

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It is important as an educator to combine both students learning and development with their prior experiences and knowledge. By providing well executed schooling that is relevant for each student, teachers are able to tap in and convey their cognitive requirement. Allowing students to clearly understand and make sense of their world. When the extra time is taken to brainstorm and consider what students already know and want to learn, teachers are able to successfully identify a topic that will assists them in creating and achieving lifelong goals.

Two models of the curriculum integration diagram support through educating students with their prior experiences and knowledge. These are the webbed model (multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary) and the immersed model (transdisciplinary). Both of these models focus on students learning and development in a way that sifts out their most interested topics, concepts and ideas and views their own learning allowing them to become immersed in ones’ own experience. Also known as “… an intense personal way of filtering all content through students’ expertise and interests,” (Fogarty, 1991).

Prior experiences and knowledge has been greatly considered as one of the most important factors in influencing students learning and achievement. The quality and quantity of prior knowledge positively stimulates both the volume of applying high-order cognitive problem-solving skills as well as knowledge attainment.

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Would you learn effectively if you had no interest in what was being taught?
Would you be excited if your teacher was developing your education through something that was of interest to you?

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Why is it important to consider students interests?

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Why is it important to consider students interests?

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Student's interests are important in effective teaching. It is when educators provide students with a personal connection to their learning and development that they are able to engage emotionally and connect their previously acquired learning with new knowledge. By providing students with the opportunity to learn through their personal interests they are being supported and encouraged to engage themselves and remain motivated throughout each learning experience, from start to finish.

Fogarty (1991) outlines ten different models of curriculum integration, through three broad categories: within subjects (intradisciplinary), across subjects (multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary) and beyond subjects (transdisciplinary). One specifically that supports students interest as being a beneficial source of learning and teaching is the connected model (intradisciplinary). The main focus of this model is to “… deliberate effort to relate ideas within the discipline, rather than assuming that students will automatically understand the connections,” (Fogarty, 1991). Here Fogarty is taking into consideration what is wanted to be said, what students are interested in and how the two can be combined to cover the relevance of the learning with the interest.

As outlined, students interest is a significant factor in providing learning content that allows them to develop and grow their own understanding of the assessment material. The connected model emphases on the connectivity of one topic, one concept, and one skill to the next, as well as integrating previous beliefs and held assumptions.

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“If a student doesn’t believe a particular activity is interesting, relevant, or within the scope of his capabilities, it’s probably not going to sink in,” Bernard, (2014).

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“If a student doesn’t believe a particular activity is interesting, relevant, or within the scope of his capabilities, it’s probably not going to sink in,” Bernard, (2014).

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Integration allows teachers to embrace and support a more divers view of learning. It encourages and connects skills from across multiple subject areas as well as connecting students and educators’ knowledge and understanding from within.