Situated learning

Situated learning is the idea that learning depends on a context and on usage. Knowledge grows as students use it and face new contexts and situations. Context guides learning as well as defining its boundaries.

Teaching strategies:

• Examine issues of context and actively explore them.
• Expose students to new contexts and get them to reflect.
• Look for questions that help you explore new contexts. (Sometimes the hard part is getting the best questions; the answers are easy.)