Situated cognition was a concept that caught me a bit by surprise in graduate school. I don't know if it wasn't discussed or if I just didn't catch it as an undergraduate, but it didn't seem at all familiar. Thus, I've had to wrestle with it a bit to decide whether or not I believe environment is as deterministic of learning as they contend. However, as I was thinking about it today, I realized that every theorist that has ever lived serves as a viable argument for situated cognition. One could contend that they never could have come up with ideas they did without their environment and it would be a very valid point. Perhaps I'll end up converted after all!