At 20:48 13-10-1998 EDT, Joe ( Bill, indeed) wrote:
>Yes, that model was Gordon's Skill Development Ladder that said that
>people are Unconsciously Talented(Need awareness and training) ((Read
>from the bottom up!))
>
>The Ladder:
>
>Unconsciously Skilled(Need challenges) Consciously unconsciously
> competent
>
>Conciously skilled(Needs practice) Unconsciously competent
>
>Consciously unskilled(Needs training) Consciously competent
>
>Unconsciously skilled(Needs awareness) Consciously incompetent
>
> Unconsciously incompetent
>
But this is not a 4 stage model anymore; it's a 5 stage model.
As I recall, the ideia of the 4th level of the 4 stage model was to show
that when one is "Consciously Competent" that is not good enough - one has
to internalise, to become "unconsciously competent". This is certainly
true about the practice of sports and about crafting, or Management, by
the way.
If one is very good at basket, he doesn't think about what he is going to
do - he does it. If he is "chalenged" to become "Consciously unconsciously
competent"(?), if he "reflects during the action", if he is "able" to
transform is "tacit knowledge" in "explicit knowledge" he will NOT become
a better basketballer, by the contrary !
Adding a 5th level destroys the model. So Gordon can not be the originator
of the model; he is clearly an "improver". And not a very good one,
indeed.
Artur
[Host's Note: Or... Maybe Gordon is the original source and others have
"improved" it since. ...Rick]
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