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this, I've been taught, teaching doesn't look too hard'), the
second being 'Consciously Unskilled,' (survival stage: 'Oh my
God, what have I gotten myself into - this is so much harder than
I thought.'), the third being 'Consciously Skilled' (or the
competence stage: 'I know what to do, and I am concentrating
very hard and on a very conscious level to use the techniques I
know I need to be successful') and the final, one, Unconsciously
Skilled (mastery stage: 'I don't have to be consciously operating
all the time - some of the techniques and practices I have
acquired are now wired into me, some of my skills are automatic
- I can save my conscious energy for the ones I'm still working on
developing.'). He (or she) also posits the existence of the
'Unconsciously Talented' - those annoying people who are really
good at something from the beginning - they are wired for that
activity." (Ack Tina Thuermer, Washington International School,
Washington DC)
Tony Thacker made the following contribution (October 2006)
in reference to the above comments about Bateman being a
possible origin. "In the item on the four stages of learning
(conscious competence model) you ask for references to
'Bateman'... Did your original informant perhaps mean Gregory
Bateson? In 'Steps to an Ecology of Mind' (page 293) Bateson
describes five stages of learning: 'learning three' seems to
correspond to the process of becoming conscious of what is
going on when we are operating in unconscious competence;
Bateson's five stages of learning are:
Zero learning is characterised by specificity of response,
which, right or wrong, is not subject to correction
Learning I is change in specificity of response by correction of
errors within a set of alternatives
Learning II is change in the process of Learning I, eg, a
corrective change in the set of alternatives from which choice
is made, or a change in how the sequence of experience is
punctuated
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