How can a teacher effectuate learning?-Schema Theory Week Six

A teacher can effectuate student learning by bringing to the students' minds an existing schema that will help them learn new information, perform tasks, or learn new skills. For example, I teach multimedia classes where my students learn how to create digital media and digital presentations. If I wanted my students to create a digital presentation on an some sort of debated issue such as universal healthcare, I would have to present this project in the light of an issue paper that the students would have done in English class. Since most of my students would have had to write and issues paper at one time or another for English, we might start this project discussing as a class, the experiences the students had in writing that paper. We could discuss how they researched the topic, where they found sources, how they organized their information, and exactly what information their paper contained. We could then discuss the expectations for their digital presentation and how it is similar and how it is different from their English paper. Hopefully, by doing so, the students will have an existing schema in their head that will help them learn how to create a digital presentation on an issue.