tacit knowledge

is that 'knowledge' we can apply without being consciously aware of, i.e., implicit knowledge – such as is used in making intuitive evaluations

Whereas "Explicit conceptions can be accessed deliberately for conscious reflection, and verbalised and/or visualised. However, much of our cognition relies on intuitions that are the result of knowledge elements represented in the brain, and which are active in cognition, albeit preconscious cognition." (Taber, 2019, p.454)

Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.