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The Best Way For Educate People Is Through Situated Learning

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From experience and research, I have to say the best way to educate people is through situated learning, which is learning that takes place in the same context in which it is applied. This means that the knowledge is produced through application of the actual activity. For instance, if you wanted to learn how plants grow, you would do so by actually planting them and taking care of them. A perfect setting for this may be at a nursery or in a greenhouse that could be on campus; students would be having fun while learning and would often become emotionally involved with the success of the life of their plant. Anthropologist and educator, Jean Laves’ theory on situated learning states that, “Knowledge presented in the context of work settings and applications is most relevant and effective.”(Learning Theories, 173) When knowledge can be applied, it is more easily understood and remembered longer because it will be tied to a memory as opposed to being written in notes from a lecture that you most likely don’t remember. In using this approach, students will be provided with useful information that will easily carry over into their work and personal life. My personal experience with situational learning ties back to cosmetology school. If I wasn’t constantly learning in the salon environment it would have been extremely difficult for me to apply what I was being taught to real life. A lot of times, I was able to be walked through difficult procedures as I was doing them. Other

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