Chapter 5 (Driscoll)

This chapter deals with Situated Cognition which happens in context as people address challenges and problems as well as learning can be enhanced through active engagement in a prasctice. The author talks about Anderson, Reder and Simon who have questioned situative perspective which is different form cognitive perspective then, presented four claims of situative perspective and show how the claims were handle from a cognitive perspective. The author later discussed Greeno criticisms of Anderson as well as Rose who supported Greeno decision for parallel development from the situative and cognitive perspective. Once again the author discussed “Kermit on the keyboard” referring it to situative perspective and talked about the theory Matrix.