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Stein, David – 1998
In the situated learning approach, knowledge and skills are learned in contexts that reflect how knowledge is obtained and applied in everyday situations. As an instructional strategy, situated cognition is a means for relating subject matter to learners' needs and concerns. Four major premises guide the development of classroom activities for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Classroom Techniques
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1998
Family literacy programs must acknowledge the family as the primary place of learning, and developers of family literacy programs and curricula must focus on the family unit as a whole, building upon the cultural and knowledge capital of the entire family and acknowledging gender and age power relationships within the family. Educators must…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Influence, Context Effect