Piaget established a Theory of Cognitive Development. He proposed that schema is a means of organization and is significant in teaching. Schema is where we store specific things; it's like having mini filing cabinets inside our heads. When we learn something new, we file it away and when we need to remember something, we dig through our files to find the correct response. Our schema adapts or changes as we learn new things or experience things differently. Schema is developed through our personal experiences. So, everyone's schema is different.
When students don't perform well on certain subjects, they are a lot of times mistaken for being unintelligent. However, the loss of knowledge is simply because they have not had experience in the right context. I believe that all students can be experts on any subject if their teachers produce a meaningful experience for them. So, as teachers, it is critical to give students an experience they will surely remember. It is in our control to teach with powerful meaning tailored to our students. Creating more schema produces more student intelligence.
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