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Jean Lave

Jean Lave is a social anthropologist born in 1939 who developed Situated Learning Theory with Etienne Wenger. The theory argues that learning is situated within authentic social contexts and activities, occurs unintentionally through legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice, and that social interaction and collaboration are essential to learning. Lave's work has influenced understanding of learning as embedded within social and cultural contexts.

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Jean Lave

Jean Lave is a social anthropologist born in 1939 who developed Situated Learning Theory with Etienne Wenger. The theory argues that learning is situated within authentic social contexts and activities, occurs unintentionally through legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice, and that social interaction and collaboration are essential to learning. Lave's work has influenced understanding of learning as embedded within social and cultural contexts.

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Jean Lave

By Phil Mercurio and Sammy Feng


Biography
● Born in 1939
● Grew up in California
● Received doctorate in Social Anthropology from Harvard
University in 1968
● Works as a social anthropologist w/ strong interest in social
theory
● Her ethnographically-based research focuses on:
○ re-conceiving of learning
○ everyday life with concern to social practices
● Currently works at UC Berkley as professor (education and
geography)
● Lave became famous for her Situated Learning Theory
○ developed with Etienne Wegner
Situated Learning
Theory
● Argues that learning is situated
○ embedded within activity, context and culture
○ is usually unintentional
○ learning happens unintentionally rather than
deliberately
○ called the "Legitimate peripheral participation"
● Knowledge needs to be presented in authentic contexts
○ meaning, environment concerning that knowledge
● Social interaction and collaboration are essential
○ learners become involved in "community of practice"
■ person becomes more engaged within culture
Theory of Situated Cognition
● Brings together the elements of cognition, perception,
and action within social context
● Design learning experiences from situated cognition
perspective
● 4 major premises
○ 1. Learning is grounded in the actions of everyday situations
○ 2. Knowledge is acquired situationally and transfers only to
similar situations
○ 3. Social processes influence way people think, perceive, solve,
perform, build declarative knowledge, and interact with others
○ 4. Learning is embedded in participation in complex social
environments containing people, situations and activities
Impact of theory on our
understanding of
learning/behavior
● First project as model of learning in community
of practice
● Allows learner to learn by:
○ social visualization and imitation
● Learning begins with people trying to solve
problems
● When learning is problem based, people
explore real life situations to find answers
Acceptance by the Scientific
Community
● Lucy Suchman argues that people reason with
objects rather than communities (situated
action)
● Brown, Collins, and Duguid state that learning
strategies do NOT transfer
● Don Norman argues that we should study
mechanisms and symbolic representations of the
mind
Theory Use in Classroom
● Real life math problems involving ladders and
heights of buildings
● Computer classes using programs about shapes in
pies and cakes.
● Teaching distance in math using houses
● Group debates in English class
● Group talking activities in Spanish
References
● Jean Lave. (n.d.). UC Berkeley School of Information. Retrieved November 29, 2012, from
http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/jeanlave

● Jean Lave: Situated Cognition. (n.d.). Massage CE PDA Continuing Education Home Study
NCBTMB, NCCAOM Ethics Fibromyalgia TMJ Acupressure TCM. Retrieved November 29, 2012,
from http://www.lifecircles-inc.com/Learningtheories/constructivism/Lave.html

● Lave, Jean 1939- | Education.com. (n.d.). Education.com | An Education & Child Development Site
for Parents | Parenting & Educational Resource. Retrieved November 29, 2012, from
http://www.education.com/reference/article/lave-jean-1939-/

● Situated learning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Retrieved November 29, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situated_learning

● Jean Lave biography. (n.d.). Untitled Document. Retrieved November 29, 2012, from
http://elpea.tripod.com/jlavebio01.html

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