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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
Stein, David – 2000
The 21st century may become known as the era of lifelong learning and lifelong working. Retirement, the end stage of a linear working life, may be replaced with a learning, working, leisure, working, learning life cycle. Forced retirements and early retirement incentives have contributed to the decline of expertise in the workplace. Inflation,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Educational Research