Building on Polanyi's insight in "The Tacit Dimension" that we know more than we can tell, this paper argues that we need to extend our understanding of learning to incorporate implicit learning, which is necessary in order to understand the process of becoming an expert and in so doing it points to the need to expand the theories of…

Explores the topics of power and authority, teaching style and method, intention, and the personhood of participants. Concludes that, if power is misused or the teaching-learning relationship is inauthentic, then teaching can symbolically violate the autonomy of the individual. (SK)

The way in which teachers interact with learners may be more important than the teaching methods used. With adult learners, there is the possibility of a mutual teaching-learning relationship, which becomes the moral responsibility of both parties to achieve. (SK)