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Situated Language and Learning: A Critique of Traditional Schooling
Why do poor and minority students under-perform in school? Do computer games help or hinder learning? What can new research in psychology teach our educational policy-makers?
In this major new book, Gee tackles the 'big ideas' about language, literacy and learning, putting forward an integrated theory that crosses disciplinary boundaries, and applying it to some of the ver...more
In this major new book, Gee tackles the 'big ideas' about language, literacy and learning, putting forward an integrated theory that crosses disciplinary boundaries, and applying it to some of the ver...more
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
August 25th 2004
by Routledge
(first published 2004)
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I wish I had this book when I was still teaching kids to read....it would have made a dramatic impact on how I dealt with non-readers.
That said, James Paul Gee is a guru in how people learn, and bringing in the fact that true learning is a contextualized, embodied process embedded in social practices.
If you teach people, no matter their age, socio-economic status, level or type of disability, you'll find this read informative, engaging, and best of all, enlightening!
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That said, James Paul Gee is a guru in how people learn, and bringing in the fact that true learning is a contextualized, embodied process embedded in social practices.
If you teach people, no matter their age, socio-economic status, level or type of disability, you'll find this read informative, engaging, and best of all, enlightening!
...more
Breezy read, lots of good ideas.
Along with Communities of Practice and Situated Learning, this book rounds out my developing manifesto of "How People Really Learn Stuff and What That Means for School". Yes, this is what I'm passionate about these days.
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James Gee is a researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy. Gee is currently the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. Gee is a faculty affiliate of the Games, Learning, and Society group at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is a member of the National Academy of Edu...more
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