Central to the inquiry is interactive media designer Nicola Wood whose research-led practice engages simultaneously with the two problems of what is to be learned and how it will be learned. It brings together experienced practitioners, learners and designer in hybrid activities that provide an arena for generating understanding of skilled practice, embodied in learning materials rather than stated explicitly in formal conclusions.
Broader context: Whilst on the surface this research deals with issues regarding learning craft skills, on a deeper level it addresses communication problems that can be encountered in many areas of design and reveals methods for unlocking the knowledge of others.
This understanding of craft learning and the related model of apprenticeship could have applications not purely in the immediate area of the crafts, but also in any area where a tacit understanding needs to be developed as it leads people to attend to the tasks and activities of professional work not purely as a means to a practical end, but as bridges to a richer understanding of the practice.
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Craft knowledge - craft learning
Learning from interactive media
Transmitting craft - methods
