APPLICATION OF THE SIGNIFICANT LEARNING THEORY IN THE APPROACH OF CONTEMPORARY CROSS-SECTOR ISSUES

Abstract

In this scientific essay, sought to approach the Contemporary Cross-cutting Themes (TCT's), as an educational practice in order to activate subsumptive knowledge in students, these, originating from the Theory of Meaningful Learning, developed by the psychologist David Paul Ausubel (October 25, 1918 - July 9, 2008). Based on bibliographic and documentary research, it was found that the application of TCT's in the educational field, makes the student able to relate school content with his social environment, in order to collaborate so that knowledge is critical and reflective. In this perspective, the theory of meaningful learning must be linked to the TCT´s in an interdependent way so that the teacher activates the previous knowledge of the student and in parallel builds new knowledge relating the TCT’s to the school contents.