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Situated learning

Situated learning is a theory that explains an individual's acquisition of professional skills and includes research on apprenticeship into how legitimate peripheral participation leads to membership in a community of practice. Situated learning "takes as its focus the relationship between learning and the social situation in which it occurs".

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Situated learning

Nodes71
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Triples103
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028169
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Situated learning

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related to External links · 13
Situated learning → Adult Education, Education, ERIC Digest, Essays, Foulger, Innovating Professional Development Standards, Learning, New Ways, Practice, Retrieved Nov, Shift, Utilize Communities, Workplace
related to Claims · 11
Situated learning → Action, Brown, Collins, Dugid, In, It, Knowledge, Learning, Situated, There, Training
related to Training teachers to integrate technology into the classroom curriculum · 9
Situated learning → Allowing, As, Computer-based, Gee, In, It, SimCity, Students, This
related to After graduation · 8
Situated learning → According, Halverson, In, Learning, Often, Problem-solving, Richardson, Situated
related to Implications of these claims for instruction · 8
Situated learning → Anchored, Assessment, Change, It, Learning, Simulated, Students, To
related to Rethinking education in the age of technology · 8
Situated learning → Collins, Halverson, In, Interaction, Rethinking, Situated, Technology, The
related to history · 7
Situated learning → Anderson, In, John, Paula Vincini, She, The Nature, They
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Situated learning → At, Etienne Wenger, For, Jean Lave, Lave, Situated, Wenger
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Situated learning → Etienne Wenger, Jean Lave, Situated, This
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Situated learning → Put, Situated, William Rankin

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learning situated students social knowledge practice learners skills community tools learn technology also use education context teachers cognitive process situations

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Situated learningis atheory that explains an individual's acquisition of professional skills and includes research on apprenticeship into how legitimate peripheral participation leads to membership…0.90text
a computer tutor or a game on the webinstance ofSometimes this involves interacting with a rich technological environment0.80text
sometimes with other people by means of a computer networkinstance ofSometimes this involves interacting with a rich technological environment0.80text
SimCity has permitted users to utilize situated learning by allowing them to run their own cityinstance ofComputer-based learning software0.80text
become dictators whereby they have to make informed decisions that will either deteriorate their people or help them thriveinstance ofComputer-based learning software0.80text
researchinstance ofor 'blogging' can go a long way toward teaching skills0.80text
organizationsinstance ofor 'blogging' can go a long way toward teaching skills0.80text
and the synthesis of ideas.Teachers/instructors have come to realize just how important it is to utilize the web as a teaching tool for the new generation of studentsinstance ofor 'blogging' can go a long way toward teaching skills0.80text
videosinstance ofthey also have the opportunity to utilize other learning tools0.80text
photosinstance ofthey also have the opportunity to utilize other learning tools0.80text
and other digital media.Networked learninginstance ofthey also have the opportunity to utilize other learning tools0.80text
in contrastinstance ofthey also have the opportunity to utilize other learning tools0.80text

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