%0 Journal Article %T A symposium on histories of use and tacit skills %A Tim Boon %A Roger Kneebone %A Peter Heering %A Klaus Staubermann %A Yves Winkin %D 2018 %V %N Autumn 2017 %K histories of use %K re-enactment %K reconstruction %K restoration of behaviour %K reworking %K tacit skills %X %Z Educational theorists have recognised the importance of social learning generally for decades e.g. (Vygotsky, L S, 1978, Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press) while more recent research has noted the power of learning through conversation in social settings (e.g. Leinhardt, G, Crowley, K and Knutson, K (eds), 2002, Learning Conversations in Museums (Routledge). %Z For a discussion of some of these terms, see: Kneebone, R and Woods, A, 2014, ‘Recapturing the History of Surgical Practice Through Simulation-Based Re-Enactment’, Medical History, 58, pp 106–21 https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2013.75 %I The Science Museum Group %@ 2054-5770 %B eng %U https://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/histories-of-use-and-tacit-skills/ %J Science Museum Group Journal