MEANINGFUL LEARNING - Meaningful learning - is the ability to use, in a particular context, previously learned notions to propose original solutions to new questions and problems.

By truly constructing meaning, it also facilitates the acquisition of new knowledge.

This construction of meaning therefore requires not only knowledge of specific terms, but also the ability to reorganise them according to context, in order to make judgements based on criteria that can be clearly stated.

  • The method that we have put in place to support this construction of meaning is an approach that is both a teaching strategy and a way of learning. It is based on three dependent pillars: thecommitmentthe structuring and the transfer.
  • The tools are based on research in cognitive science, neurobiology and educational science.
  • These tools allow work on metacognition (clarification, highlighting, recalling what is known, etc.), the anchoring of all new information to a pre-existing knowledge architecture, integration (repetition, application, reformulation, argumentation), and the transfer of knowledge.
  • The strong point of this approach is that it enables knowledge to be progressively organised and structured, while at the same time ensuring that attention is paid to its gradual construction. Awareness of the processes involved in learning, coupled with the possibility of visualising the structure of knowledge, encourages the construction of meaning.

The pillar of commitment

         On the teacher's side

Engaging students means using a number of keys for him give the desire and strength to learn so that what needs to be learned finds its place in the student's cognitive architecture.
In other words, it's bring out the best in him or her the will to be there.

         On the student's side

Commitment comes from within. It means discovering the pleasure there is to learn
The student's commitment means that he or she has the will to be in classthat he or she wants learning and understanding actively what is offered.

          On the teacher's side

To build meaning, it is essential to rediscover the concept structure that we want to share.
To do this, we need to remember the construction road of this concept to make visible the organisation of knowledge
that define it by linking them together in an orderly fashion in response to a given question. To achieve this, it is important toavoid the posture of the amnesiac expert. A good tool for structuring knowledge is the use of structured concept maps.

          On the student's side

To build a concept in memory, it is important tolearning knowledge necessary for its construction.
Secondly, it is essential to link this knowledge together in a way that visual and conscious.

          On the teacher's side

Present the student with a new problem so that he or she can come up with a solution. solution by using what he or she has learnt in a classroom context ensures that meaning has been constructed.
Transferring means using what has been learnt in new ways. new contexts. In other words, it means enriching our knowledge of a concept.

          On the student's side

Transferring means observe with pleasure that you can use what you have learnt at any given moment in new contexts. It's about expanding your knowledge so that you never forget it.

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