An organiser is a ‘bit of content’: a working procedure, a problem, a systematic overview of contents, a process, a particular case, a poem, or two different examples of the same thing (for example, two different kidneys or two different papers)
It has two unique properties for the ‘teacher designer’. The first is that the organiser enables the teacher designer to ‘see’ how they will set up the students’ learning experiences in the course. This insight helps the teacher make coherent decisions about the objectives, content, learning track, assignments, learning methods, and tests.
Secondly, if used in the course, it provides students with a clear and accurate insight into what they will learn and why. The organiser serves as an organiser and stimulator of students’ learning experiences. It
Focuses the students on the main aims of a particular course.
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- Another interesting approach it the Advance organiser from Ausubel. See here. Or the description can be found in the blog ‘**GUEST BLOG** Pre-Teaching: What and How?’ paragraph ‘Give students a framework to help better contextualise it’ in the website 3-Star learning experiences.