📌 What is Contextual Border?
A Contextual Border acts as a boundary between:
- 🔹 Macro & Micro Contexts: Broad vs. detailed discussions
- 🔹 Main & Supplementary Content Sections: Core info vs. supporting details
🔄 How It Works:
- ✅ Ensures a smooth transition from primary content to related subtopics.
- ✅ Uses a grouper question to deepen the main topic while linking to side-topics.
📖 Example:
Let's think of a web page like a well-organized lecture. The main content of the lecture is the core topic—let’s say it’s about “Climate Change”. 🌱🔥 This is the macro context.
As the lecture progresses, the professor might start discussing related but secondary topics like “Effects of Deforestation” 🌳❌ or “Carbon Footprint” 🏭. These are the micro contexts—the supplementary content that supports the main idea.
- 🔹 The point where the professor transitions from discussing “Climate Change” to “Effects of Deforestation” is the Contextual Border. It’s a smooth shift that deepens understanding of the main topic while introducing related side-topics.
- 🔹 To bridge this transition, the professor might use a question, like:
💬 “Now that we understand how climate change works, what do you think are some of its causes, such as deforestation?”
This question serves as a grouper, deepening the main context (Climate Change) while connecting it to a side-topic (Effects of Deforestation). 🌿➡️🌎