Week 12-Situated Cognition: What is Learning?

Based on this weeks learning theory, I would say that learning is experiencing. It is one thing to read from a book or listen to someone try to explain something, but it is completely something else to actually go out and be right in the middle of it experiencing a concept first hand. For example, I could try to explain to someone who has never driven a car before how to drive and they might understand the concept, but they won't be able to do it. The best way for them to learn to drive a car is to get behind the wheel and experience this. Through this experience the brain is working along with the rest of their body and the body as a whole is becoming accustomed to the concept. When an individual is having an experience, they can have failures and successes and see the results of their choices in a given situation. Through this process, deep and meaningful learning occurs.