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From Lorgene A Mata, PhD, December 2004: "First, I think calling
this model 'conscious competence learning model' is not
appropriate or accurate because it gives the impression that the
model considers conscious competence as the highest level of
learning when in fact, it is only the third level. Based on this
model, it is 'unconscious competence' that is the end-goal of
learning. But, calling the model unconscious competence
learning model may not sound fitting either. I therefore suggest
to call this model simply as 'competence leaning model' without
the qualifying term 'conscious'. Secondly, I find this model
applicable mainly if not exclusively to the acquisition of physical
skills or competencies and not to higher mental skills where
conscious, non-repetitive, complex and creative mental
operations are demanded. Thirdly, I believe the highest level of
competence learning is not level 4, 'unconscious competence',
but a higher 5th level which I call 'enlightened competence'. At
this level, the person has not only mastered the physical skill to a
highly efficient and accurate level which does not anymore
require of him conscious, deliberate and careful execution of the
skill but instead done instinctively and reflexively, requiring
minimum efforts with maximum quality output, and is able to
understand the very dynamics and scientific explanation of his
own physical skills. In other words, he comprehends fully and
accurately the what, when, how and why of his own skill and
possibly those of others on the same skill he has. In addition to
this, he is able to transcend and reflect on the physical skill itself
and be able to improve on how it is acquired and learned at even
greater efficiency with lower energy investment. Having fully
understood all necessary steps and components of the skill to be
learned and the manner how they are dynamically integrated to
produce the desired level of overall competence, he is thereby
able to teach the skill to others in a manner that is effective and
expedient. You wrote in your website that this 5th level may be
called 'conscious competence of unconscious competence'. But to
me, this term is too complex and unwieldy to most people. My
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