Asubel's Theory of Meaningfull Verbal Learning
Duration: 2 min
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This educational video presents David Ausubel's Theory of Meaningful Verbal Learning. The lecture begins by establishing Ausubel's view that verbal learning is a meaningful transaction where students actively incorporate new information into their existing cognitive structures. It defines subsumption as the inclusion of new information meaningfully. The presentation then shifts to the sequential process of verbal learning—recognizing, relating, and meaningful learning—and concludes by listing Ausubel's disagreements with the notion that verbal learning is a passive experience or solely teacher-driven.
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0:00 – 2:00 00:00-02:00
The video opens with a slide titled AUSUBEL'S THEORY OF MEANINGFUL VERBAL LEARNING. The left column, labeled Ausubel's View, lists key tenets: verbal learning is a meaningful transaction, students are not completely passive, and they actively incorporate teacher-presented information into their cognitive structure. A crucial definition is provided for Subsumption, described as the inclusion of new information meaningfully to an existing cognitive structure. Around the 1:20 mark, the slide updates to Process of Verbal Learning, outlining a sequential process: 1. Recognising, 2. Relating, 3. Meaningful Learning. The text explains that learning starts by recognizing verbal information and relating it to what already exists in the child's cognitive structure. Finally, the Disagreements of Ausubel section appears, noting his disagreement with views that verbal learning is passive, action is completely undertaken by the teacher, or students are inactive recipients. Hindi translations accompany all English text on the right side.
2:00 – 2:10 02:00-02:10
The presenter, a woman with glasses, appears on the left side of the frame, gesturing towards the Disagreements of Ausubel section. She continues to explain the points listed on the slide, specifically emphasizing that students are not merely passive recipients of knowledge. The slide remains static, displaying the sequential process and the disagreements section in both English and Hindi. The video concludes with this view, reinforcing the active role of the learner in Ausubel's theory.
The lecture systematically builds the argument for meaningful learning by first defining the cognitive mechanism of subsumption, then detailing the step-by-step process of how it occurs, and finally contrasting it with passive learning models to highlight the active nature of the student.