Situated Learning

As I continue reading this book, I am starting to realize that Gee is making so many different claims. He not only states his own claims, but also claims that other people have made. When I started reading Chapter 4, Gee immediately captured my attention when he "claimed" that the human mind is like a digital computer. I don't really support this claim because I think that there is so much more to the human mind than a computer has to offer. He then goes on to say that "humans learn, think, and solve problems by reflecting on their previously embodied experiences in the world." I completely agree with this statement even though I don't think that at this point Gee has mentioned "situated learning," I think this is kind of what he meant by it. I believe that situated learning can happen anywhere. I think that it can be encouraged by school, sports, hobbies, family life, video games, etc. Later in the chapter Gee claims that video games encourage situated thinking that schools do not. Personally, I don't think that it is fair to say that schools do not encourage situated learning. Even after reading this chapter, I am still a little unclear to what situated learning is exactly. So far my eyes have been opened to many different claims and ideas that I would have never previously pondered. There are many that I agree with and many that I disagree with!