Situated Learning

I've been discussing the ideal of Activity theory in a lot of my classes this semester, and Gee's chapter on situated meaning further supports this theory. Active learning is by nature social. As Gee points out in this chapter, learning is a process or cycle of probing the world for more information, more knowledge. We live our daily lives constantly making hypothesis's then go out and experience the world, which forces us to rethink our original assumption and either accept or reconsider it. Gee also discusses the meaning of and behind signs. Signs are not separate units outside our cognitive. In fact, signs are compounded with our own life experiences and knowledge of the world. Texts are also signs, and as Gee discusses these are not solly verabl unsterstandments. Texts, like signs, are understood based on our own personal experiences.