1. Ausubel’s Meaningful Verbal Learning/
Subsumption Theory

2. Introduction
Many educational
psychology theories often
criticize the expository or
presentational manner of
teaching.

3. ADVANCE
ORGANIZER

4. WHAT IS
THE MAIN
THEME OF
AUSUBEL’S
THEORY?

5. Knowledge is hierarchically
organized; that new information is
meaningful to the extent that it can
be related (attached, anchored) to
what is already known.

6. The most important factor of influencing
learning is the quantity, clarity, and
organization of the learner’s present
knowledge. Meaningful learning takes place
when an idea to be learned is related in
some sensible way to ideas that the learner
already possesses.
Focus of Ausubel’s Theory

7. FOUR PROCESSES
DERIVATIV
E
SUBSUMPT
ION
CORRELAT
IVE
SUBSUMPT
ION
SUPERORDI
NATE
LEARNING
COMBINATO
RIAL
LEARNING

8. TWO BENEFITS OF ADVANCE ORGANIZER
You can readily see how
the concepts in a certain
topic are related to each
other.
TWO
You will find it easier to
connect new information
with what you already
know about the topic.
ONE

9. TYPES OF ADVANCE ORGANIZERS
EXPOSITOR
Y
Describes the
new content.
NARRATI
VE
Presents the new
information in the
form of a story to
students
SKIMMING
Is done by looking over
the new material to
gain a basic overview
GRAPHIC
ORGANIZER
Visuals to set up or outline
the new information.

10. APPLICATIO
N OF
PRINCIPLES

11. Its purpose is to increase the
stability and clarity of anchoring
ideas.
Progessive
Differentiation

12. Instructional materials should
attempt to integrate new material
with previously presented
information through comparisons
and cross-referencing of new
and old ideas.

13. THANK YOU!