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[Element] Background knowledge Identify background knowledge by exploring the information and previous experiences students’ bring with them to lessons e.g. generate ideas about a topic through a brainstorm, create mind maps to explore what is already known at the beginning of a topic. Use identified prior knowledge as a starting point for lessons and units of work. Incorporate students’ background knowledge in learning activities through reference to knowledge they have gained from their family, community, previous experience and popular culture.
To what extent do lessons regularly and explicitly build from students’ background knowledge, in terms of prior school knowledge as well as other aspects of their personal lives?
Using the NSW model of pedagogy as a framework to reflect on PDHPE programs and practice