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(unconscious incompetence) of a new learning cycle unconscious due to ignorance or denial - since the ignorance
concerns a new form of competence or capability."
The above exchange prompted this from C Thompson (April
2008): "...I think the stages are fixed places where people are at a
point in time on a specific topic. People can move through the
stages but there need to be certain elements present for this
progression to take place... they would include the environment
for learning, the teacher’s skill and style, and most importantly
the student's interest in and reason for learning. There are
probably many other elements. So back to the quote, the person
that "knows" (the illusion of knowledge) does not need to learn.
When a person thinks they are full of knowledge there is no
room for more knowledge and learning stops or is slowed
considerably. Progression from one stage to the next stops or is
slowed considerably. I think this refers less to where someone is
and more toward where they are capable of going..."
This helpful and elegant interpretation of the 5th stage of the
Conscious Competence learning model was submitted by G
Sharples (June 2008): "... I was reading your contributors'
discussions regarding the 5th level of learning and thought I'd
join in with my own definition: The 5th level is achieved when
the individual is able to perform consistently at Level 4, and then
de-construct their experience for both themselves and others, so
each may learn to apply the skill consistently. I like the
suggestions that this stage is called Enlightened Competence..."
The following observations are from S March (Feb 2009), which
my (AC) reactions beneath: "... Re the 5th Step (and beyond): Is
there any any additional element to describe a Reflective
Competence practitioner who knows that, whilst the current job
practice is as good as is available, there must be a better way to
do something - i.e., the eventual output is product/service
innovation that revolutionises the way the world regards and
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