Brown addressing his concepts to the field of education

Brown's example of the 5,000 new words for each of our first sixteen years sounded very familiar to me and reminded me, finally, of an article we read during first summer session, for HIB.

In the article: Brown, J. S., Collins, A. & Duguid, P. (1989, Jan/Feb). Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning. Educational Researcher, 32-42., Brown applies his concept of practical learning, or practices, to the educational field. With Collins and Duguid he asserts:

Dramatic improvement in learning might be accomplished by the acceptance of the
importance of activity and enculturation into common education practice.