How is the term situated cognition approach related to the concept of knowledge?
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Humans are socially curious beings and learn mostly through social interaction with others. This social interaction involves context, culture, activity, discourse, people, and so on. Situated cognition is the study of human learning that takes place when someone is doing something in both the real and virtual world, and therefore learning occurs in a situated activity that has social, cultural, and physical contexts. Show
Theoretical BackgroundSituated cognition is a theoretical approach to human learning that supports the idea that learning takes place when an individual is doing something. Situated cognition has been positioned as an alternative to information processing theory. Situated cognition theory promises to complete the symbolic-computation approach to cognition, as information processing theory neglects conscious reasoning and thought (Wilson and Myers 2000). Researchers... This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution. Buying optionsChapter EUR 29.95 Price includes VAT (Singapore)
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Rights and permissionsReprints and Permissions Copyright information© 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC About this entryCite this entryAtaizi, M. (2012). Situated Cognition. In: Seel, N.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_16 What is the situated cognition approach?Situated cognition is the study of human learning that takes place when someone is doing something in both the real and virtual world, and therefore learning occurs in a situated activity that has social, cultural, and physical contexts.
How is situated cognition different from other approaches to learning?Situated cognition is a theory of cognition and learning that suggests we can't separate our knowledge from our environment. In other words learning and acquiring knowledge isn't separate from the cultural context we find ourselves in.
What is the major proposition of situated cognition?A similar theory is situated cognition, proposed by John Seely Brown, Allan Collins and Paul Duguid (1989). Their proposition goes deeper into the social nature of learning and argues that learning cannot be abstracted from the situations in which it is learned and merely be transferred or applied in school.
How does situated cognition support suggestions made by constructivism?2.2 The Situated Cognition Movement
From a constructivist perspective, the learning environment must provide the learner with situations in which their own constructive achievements, social interactions, and participation processes are possible, which is why these are referred to as 'situated learning environments.
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