A dialogical approach to skill development: The case of safety skills

Drawing on contemporary theories of learning, we discuss the theoretical role of dialogue in the development of skilled activity. More specifically, we argue for why intrapersonal and interpersonal dialogue and the action-focused reflection it can engender would be expected to (a) enhance knowledge and skill development, (b) force individuals to infer causal and conditional relations between events and actions that can alter workers' ways of...