Connecting the dots

Abstract

The education commission (1964-66) has highlighted that “the ultimate aim of education is all round development of personality of student.” Students coming to classroom are not blank slates. They might have less or more exposure to the content knowledge. As teacher we have to aware them, train them and socialize them. The role of the teacher is also to prepare the students to become good adaptive learners as per The National Curriculum Framework (2005). NCF, 2005 also emphasis that, ‘We need to give our children some taste of understanding following which they would be able to learn and create their own versions of knowledge as they get to meet the world of bits, images and transactions of life.’ This can be done effectively if as a teacher we know about the students’ previous knowledge and know about strategies to boost their prior knowledge. This paper is an attempt to put forward information on prior knowledge and strategies to enhance students learning.