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The learner or trainee always begins at stage 1 - 'unconscious
incompetence', and ends at stage 4 - 'unconscious competence',
having passed through stage 2 - 'conscious incompetence' and - 3
'conscious competence'.
Teachers and trainers commonly assume trainees to be at
stage 2, and focus effort towards achieving stage 3, when
often trainees are still at stage 1. The trainer assumes the
trainee is aware of the skill existence, nature, relevance,
deficiency, and benefit offered from the acquisition of the new
skill. Whereas trainees at stage 1 - unconscious incompetence have none of these things in place, and will not be able to address
achieving conscious competence until they've become
consciously and fully aware of their own incompetence. This is a
fundamental reason for the failure of a lot of training and
teaching.
If the awareness of skill and deficiency is low or non-existent ie., the learner is at the unconscious incompetence stage - the
trainee or learner will simply not see the need for learning. It's
essential to establish awareness of a weakness or training need
(conscious incompetence) prior to attempting to impart or
arrange training or skills necessary to move trainees from stage
2 to 3.
People only respond to training when they are aware of their
own need for it, and the personal be