"Our Hands Will Know": The Development of Tactile Diagnostic Skill--Teaching, Learning, and Situated Cognition in a Physical Therapy Program.

Rose, Mike

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ERIC Number: EJ588929

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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"Our Hands Will Know": The Development of Tactile Diagnostic Skill--Teaching, Learning, and Situated Cognition in a Physical Therapy Program.

Rose, Mike

Anthropology & Education Quarterly, v30 2n p133-60 Jun 1999

Examines, within a situated-cognition framework, the teaching and learning of a concept in biomechanics, the manual techniques and tactile discrimination skills that accompany it, and the diagnostic frame of mind that informs concept, technique, and skill. Draws on observations of a class of physical-therapy students. (Author/SLD)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy, Skill Development, Tactual Perception, Teaching Methods, Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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