In this important theoretical treatist, Jean Lave, anthropologist, and Etienne Wenger, computer scientist, push forward the notion of situated learning - that learning is fundamentally a social process. The authors maintain that learning viewed as situated activity has as its central defining charac[...]

Most previous research on human cognition has focused on problem-solving, and has confined its investigations to the laboratory. As a result, it has been difficult to account for complex mental processes and their place in culture and history. In this startling - indeed, disco in forting - study, Je[...]

Denna bok riktar sin uppmärksamhet mot en hävdvunnen form av lärande. När man gÃ¥r i lära hos en mästare är lärandesituationen identisk med tilllämpningssituationen. Mästarläran motverkar därmed den ”praktikchock” som i dag ofta präglar övergÃ¥[...]