TY - JOUR TI - A symposium on histories of use and tacit skills AU -Tim Boon AU -Roger Kneebone AU -Peter Heering AU -Klaus Staubermann AU -Yves Winkin PY - 2018 VL - IS - Autumn 2017 KW - histories of use KW - re-enactment KW - reconstruction KW - restoration of behaviour KW - reworking KW - tacit skills AB - N1 - 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). N1 - 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 PB - The Science Museum Group SN - 2054-5770 LA - eng DO - 10.15180/170808 UR - https://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/article/histories-of-use-and-tacit-skills/ T2 - Science Museum Group Journal