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 ===== General ===== ===== General =====
  
-Situated learning is a learning theory developed in the late 1980s by [[http://​www.ischool.berkeley.edu/​people/​faculty/​jeanlave|Jean Lave]] and [[http://​www.ewenger.com/​|Etienne Wenger]]. Situated learning theory is based on the assumption that **knowledge should be presented in authentic context that involves its application**. Both authors argue that learning should not be viewed as transmission of abstract and contextualized knowledge between individuals,​ but a social process within certain conditions which include **activity**,​ **context** and **culture**.+Situated learning ​or situated cognition ​is a learning theory developed in the late 1980s by [[http://​www.ischool.berkeley.edu/​people/​faculty/​jeanlave|Jean Lave]] and [[http://​www.ewenger.com/​|Etienne Wenger]] ​and soon expanded by [[http://​www.johnseelybrown.com/​|John Seely Brown]] and his colleagues. Situated learning theory is based on the assumption that **knowledge should be presented in authentic context that involves its application**. Both authors argue that learning should not be viewed as transmission of abstract and contextualized knowledge between individuals,​ but a social process within certain conditions which include **activity**,​ **context** and **culture**.
  
   * "//The theory of situated cognition... claims that every human thought is adapted to the environment,​ that is, situated, because what people perceive, how they conceive of their activity, and what they physically do develop together.//"​(([[http://​books.google.hr/​books?​id=H4KAEhUMnkgC&​printsec=frontcover&​dq=Situated+cognition:​+on+human+knowledge+and+computer+representations&​hl=hr&​ei=-kulTeP_LNHBswa59fmVCA&​sa=X&​oi=book_result&​ct=result&​resnum=1&​ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#​v=onepage&​q&​f=false|Clancey,​ William J. Situated cognition: on human knowledge and computer representations. Cambridge University Press, 1997.]]))   * "//The theory of situated cognition... claims that every human thought is adapted to the environment,​ that is, situated, because what people perceive, how they conceive of their activity, and what they physically do develop together.//"​(([[http://​books.google.hr/​books?​id=H4KAEhUMnkgC&​printsec=frontcover&​dq=Situated+cognition:​+on+human+knowledge+and+computer+representations&​hl=hr&​ei=-kulTeP_LNHBswa59fmVCA&​sa=X&​oi=book_result&​ct=result&​resnum=1&​ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#​v=onepage&​q&​f=false|Clancey,​ William J. Situated cognition: on human knowledge and computer representations. Cambridge University Press, 1997.]]))
  
  
-===== What is situated learning ? =====+===== What is situated learning? =====
  
 The claims of situated learning theory can roughly be divided in following categories: The claims of situated learning theory can roughly be divided in following categories:
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 ===== What is the practical meaning of situated learning? ===== ===== What is the practical meaning of situated learning? =====
  
-Since situational learning theory is not necessarily oriented on formal institutional sites of learning, it is also not necessarily orientated on improving the practice of educationalists. ​But if so, situated learning ​suggests that **learners ​should ​be provided with a richreal-world context** for learning ​and **applications of learned content** rather than just be forced to memorize facts+Since situational learning theory is not necessarily oriented on formal institutional sites of learning, it is also not necessarily orientated on improving the practice of educationalists ​and practices performed on those sitesStilla model of how situated learning ​theory ​should ​affect instructional design was suggested in 1989 by BrownCollins ​and Dugid. This model is called [[instructional_design:​cognitive apprenticeship]].
  
-A difference between decontextualized and contextualized learning in educational process can be explained on following example((Borrowed from Heeter, C. Situated Learning for designers: Social, Cognitive and Situative Framework. 2005.)): 
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-|  APPROACH 1: classroom (decontextualized,​ inert) ​ |  APPROACH 2: authentic (situated in real world problem to solve) ​ | 
-|  For example, go through the Photoshop reference manual, tool by tool, in alphabetical order, learning how each tool (line, paint, bucket, select, etc.) works including all possible optional settings. ​ |  For example, start with a visualization task you want to accomplish (such as, create a logo for a company.) Look up and learn only a few particular tools you realize you may need to use to accomplish the design. ​ | 
  
  
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   * **situated learning theory**, **real-world situation**,​ **context**   * **situated learning theory**, **real-world situation**,​ **context**
-  * [[http://​www.ischool.berkeley.edu/​people/​faculty/​jeanlave|Jean Lave]], [[http://​www.ewenger.com/​|Etienne Wenger]]+  * [[http://​www.ischool.berkeley.edu/​people/​faculty/​jeanlave|Jean Lave]], [[http://​www.ewenger.com/​|Etienne Wenger]], [[http://​www.johnseelybrown.com/​|John Seely Brown]], [[http://​www.sesp.northwestern.edu/​profile/?​p=52&/​AllanCollins/​|Allan Collins]], [[http://​people.ischool.berkeley.edu/​~duguid/​SLOFI/​Paul%27s_CV.htm|Paul Duguid]] 
 ===== Bibliography ===== ===== Bibliography =====
  
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 [[http://​www.learning-theories.com/​situated-learning-theory-lave.html|Situated Learning Theory (Lave) at Learning Theories.]] Retrieved April 3, 2011. [[http://​www.learning-theories.com/​situated-learning-theory-lave.html|Situated Learning Theory (Lave) at Learning Theories.]] Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  
 +[[http://​books.google.hr/​books?​id=n6eiH3iPVKYC&​printsec=frontcover&​dq=Cognition+in+Practice:​+Mind,​+Mathematics+and+Culture+in+Everyday+Life&​hl=hr&​ei=FlulTcXcJsT5sgatqdGJCA&​sa=X&​oi=book_result&​ct=result&​resnum=1&​ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#​v=onepage&​q&​f=false.|Lave,​ J. Cognition in Practice: Mind, Mathematics and Culture in Everyday Life (Learning in Doing). NY: Cambridge University Press. 1988.]]
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