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of understanding.
So, the sequence of
events in
scaffolding can not
be described
beforehand.
Modeling focusses on imitation of the performance of an expert,
coaching focusses on the performance of the learner (Jonassen,
1998). Scaffolding can use these two and adds the aspect of
fading. The support that is given by modeling performance, the
support that is given by coaching, or other types of support given
are faded so that the learner becomes self-reliant.
Modeling
NLP Modeling is the process of recreating excellence. We can
model any human behavior by mastering the beliefs, the
physiology and the specific thought processes (that is the
strategies) that underlie the skill or behavior.
It is about achieving an outcome by studying how someone else
goes about it.
When Richard Bandler and John Grinder modeled the strategies
of Virginia Satir, they were trying to achieve what many others
before them had attempted. They wanted to duplicate her
extraordinary results in family therapy.
What Bandler and Grinder did differently was to find the
thinking strategies she was using, rather than merely copy
behaviors. The biggest problem interviewing experts is that
skills are usually unconscious. We can not explain how we walk,
talk or write for instance. What makes you a successful parent or
golfer? The expert's own theories explain their success. These
theories can include irrelevant habits and superstitions such as
sportsmen and their lucky socks.
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