I believe that the field should have people working in both the situative and cognitive perspectives
Agreed. Variety is the spice of life!
I believe that the field should have people working in both the situative and cognitive perspectives
Agreed. Variety is the spice of life!
The situation we are in as a field resembles the one we were in some 30 years ago when the cognitive perspective was in an early stage of development.
It's interesting and quite educational to read when researchers refute each others claims and provide valid points for their arguments.
When we recognize that all learning involves socially organized activity, the question is not whether to give in- struction in a "complex, social environment" but what kinds of complex, social activities to arrange, for which aspects of participation, and in what sequence to use them. In a trajectory of participation and identity, acq
http://hdl.voced.edu.au/10707/306704 This article is a great quick read surrounding the question: How does the introduction of a situative model influence the process of teacher learning and professional development?
The situative framework does not imply that group learning will always be productive, regardless of how it is organized, or that practices of individual exercise cannot contribute significantly to a person becoming a more suc- cessful participant in social practices.
Nor will any framework provide such accuracy.
Accounts of how an individualinteracts with her material and social contexts, andhow these interactions change over time, replaceaccounts of individual knowledge construction oc-curring ‘in the head’.
This is a great description on the difference between the two theories. In the head vs. in the community
ean Piaget’s
As a nurse, Piaget was a big part of our education.
The mind is configured as an information process-ing ‘machine’ that receives input from the environ-ment through the senses,
The first thought of when I read this is that certain smell of my grandfather (who has since passed). If someone is walking down the street and I get a whiff of his cologne, the memories flood back to me of being a child(receiving input --->memory)
Cooperative learning, also known as "communities of practice" and "group learn- ing," refers to learning environments where people of equal status work together to enhance their individual ac- quisition of knowledge and skills.
I think that by working together, it gives people a sense of shared responsibility. As I learn about adult learning and professional development, it has come up several times that small group settings, where everyone has equal say in the creation of something, makes it successful.
Abstract instruction can be ineffective if what is taught in the classroom is not what is required on the job. O
To argue this point, who says we ONLY need to be taught what is required on the job. Wouldn't we want to learn things we can take with us for "other" jobs as well?
ave & Wenger, 1
aren't Lave & Wegner considered the "founders" of situated learning?
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Testing our the new program for my "toolkit"!