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got to the bottom of where the model came from. Hurst says also
that Maslow has been suggested as a possibile original source
but that he's not been able to find reference in Maslow's
principle works.
And from Andrew Newton, UK consultant trainer (Jan 2005):
"When I came across the conscious competence model, it seemed
to fit my counselling skills development: Initially couldn’t do it
and was unaware that I couldn’t (unconscious incompetence). I
then trained with Relate and realized I wasn’t very good
(conscious incompetence). I worked hard and improved
(conscious competence) until I found increasingly that I did this
naturally in my work with colleagues and students (unconscious
competence). I continued to use these skills (I thought, quite
effectively) but realized years later, when I went on more
training, that I was in fact quite rusty and had regressed into
unconscious incompetence again (from 4 to 1). I would suggest
that, unless you are a reflective practitioner, you run the risk of
this dramatic shift (how many car drivers are not as good as they
think when they have been driving for 30 years?). This may be
similar to David Baume’s 'reflective competence'. " (Ack A
Newton)
Carole Schubert suggests (Jan 2005) the following: The
unconsciously competent/consciously competent model I have
known for many years as a skills development framework. I feel
that a final category adds completeness, and use the analogy of
learning to drive a car to explain it:
non-driver = unconscious incompetence
beginner = conscious incompetence
just passed driving test = conscious competence
driver who gets to work without remembering the drive (or
drunk driver!!) = unconscious competence
The fifth level is the advanced driver who is processing what is
happening 'in the here and now' without their cognisance
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