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I am currently a student studying to become a Speech Language Pathologist. As part of my studies, I am taking an education psychology course. We have learned of the Constructivist view of discovery learning, and how students benefit when they are involved in the process of learning. One aspect that of Constructivism that got my attention was the situated learning experience. This is when we situate our lessons in real world problems (ex: a mock trial in the classroom, a student newspaper, etc.) However, I still remain skeptical. Although the situated learning theory looks great on paper, does it work in the classroom?

Therefore, I wanted to get some teachers opinion's on whether situated learning is effective in the classroom. Also, if it is effective, what types of activities work better than others?

I thank you for any information you can share, because this could be helpful in my future practice as a speech language pathologist, whenever I may be collaborating wi...See More
South Carolina Teacher I teach 4th grade ELA and SS. This does work well, but the problem is quite a bit of information the students are asked to learn can't be turned in a real world experience and there are time limitations. And, this also takes a lot of planning for a 1-2 day lesson. For example, I teach Colonial America in SS and I create a colonial town within my cl...See More
Apr 8, 2010
Steve What does it mean to be effective in terms of learning? We bandy that concept around but what does it really mean? Or - what you do mean when you used the word 'effective'?

Do you mean they'll remember the details of that situated learning class years later? If it taught them that the Scopes Trial was in 1920, that they'll remember that fo...See More
Apr 9, 2010
Amanda C. On 4/09/10, Steve wrote: > What does it mean to be effective in terms of learning? We > bandy that concept around but what does it really mean? Or - > what you do mean when you used the word 'effective'? > > Do you mean they'll remember the details of that situated > learning class years later? If it taught them that the Scopes &g...See More
Apr 9, 2010
Steve br> > > To answer your question about 'effective' learning, I mean.. is > the student able to transfer the information they've learned in > the classroom. This could be done in a number of ways. Are they > able to apply it to other things they are learning? Are they able > to use it in every day life? In different Situations? <...See More
Apr 9, 2010


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