ABSTRACT
Learning is meaningful according to how well it fits into the network of what is already known, extends it, and improves the ability to learn still more. From the many changes of behaviour or capability which can be termed learning, D. P. Ausubel concentrates on a restricted range that of learning meanings expressed in symbols mainly words. The task of the teacher is to help children to develop useful high-level concepts, that is, to organize learning experiences so as to promote rapid and efficient meaningful learning of the abstractions which link and underlie specific phenomena and experiences. Learning is an individual, constructive activity leading to an end-product which is different for each person. Following the Ausubelian strategy, each idea must be expressed in 'powerful' statements, that is, statements which express the full range of the idea, and which can be presented to the learners over and over again.
