I've been reading a lot about Michael Polanyi's concept of tacit knowledge. So, I did the perfectly rational thing... I typed "tacit knowledge" into Youtube. This interesting video came up.
It's amusing for the cheese factor, but quite frankly, it misses the mark. To me, tacit knowledge is knowledge that cannot be articulated. I think this clip is more about institutionalizing knowledge. What do you think? Does this clip explain tacit knowledge?
I think you're right, Ann.
Polanyi hits the nail on the head with the bike example...the equation for balance means absolutely nothing (to me anyway). You have to really get on a bike and do it.
The school girl isn't doing that. She's following directions, or doing something that can be articulated (or as you put it, institutionalized), in her travel.
Posted by: staffaction | 15 March 2010 at 01:49 PM