Relevance
Learners recognize the significance that learning activities and objectives have to their interests and goals, prior knowledge, and real world, culturally relevant contexts.
Relevance is the significance that content, skills, and habits have to students, interests, goals, prior knowledge, and to real-world, culturally relevant contexts. Literature discusses a number of ways for educators to create relevance. Relevance is associated win improved learner mindsets, behaviors, and learning.
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PERSONAL RELEVANCE
Learners connect the particular content or tasks they are focused on in the moment to their individual interests or short- and long-term goals.
ACADEMIC RELATEDNESS
Learners connect the particular content or tasks they are focused on in the moment with their existing skills, habits, and knowledge, work completed to date, and future learning.
REAL-WORLD AUTHENTICITY
Learners connect the particular content or tasks they are focused on in the moment with authentic personal, local, and global situations and issues.
CULTURAL RELEVANCE
Learners connect the particular content or tasks they are focused on in the moment with their individual cultural identity or community context.
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This guide was created by Lindsay Unified School District and The Learning Accelerator, building on the work produced through a previous partnership between Lindsay Unified School District, Summit Public Schools, and Transcend. Learn more about the partnership.
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