Chris Jones (C.R.Jones1@livjm.ac.uk)
Tue, 01 Dec 1998 21:27:24 +0000
From: Chris Jones <C.R.Jones1@livjm.ac.uk> Subject: Re: [ifets] Technology Vs. Learning <fwd> Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 21:27:24 +0000
On Tue, 1 Dec 1998 19:03:50 +0000 Martin Owen <t.m.owen@bangor.ac.uk>
wrote:
> I am interested ........., particulaly in
> Collins, Brown and Duguid's formulation of cognitive apprenticeship.
I have some problems with the version of situation they use similar to
those noted by Macbeth. That is that all learning is situated in one
way or another rather than some learning being more situated than
another.
> We live in a world of major changes...... where it is beneficial to be
> flexible, multi-skilled and skilled in learning new skills rather than
> having narrow strengths.
> Therefore is is ever more important to situate learning in its social
> context rather than reifying it to some abstract structure (like "the
> roots",or, dare I say it "schools")
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