Cognition and Tool Use: The Blacksmith at Work - Practical Guide for Metalworking & Cognitive Learning | Perfect for Blacksmiths, DIY Enthusiasts & Educational Workshops

Back in the 90s the field of anthropology still suffered from a blind spot learning that occurred other than in a classroom via didactic lectures and supplemental reading. This book helped break that flaw by providing an in depth, insider, but still professional account of how craftspeople acquire skill and knowledge through observation, participation, and mastery of related clusters of skills.It was useful to the discipline of anthropology in that it helped expose a systemic blind spot.It has been useful to me as a blacksmith and an instructor in physical/cognitive disciplines through taking an in depth look at things I took for granted about pedagogy and teaching.