Talk:Four stages of competence

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• Merge. This should be merged with competence or better connected to its source topic. Kukini 14:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I had heard these four "stages" presented differently. In the "learning" or personal development model that I saw in a Dale Carnegie management course, the labels were the same, but the "unconscious competent" was described as someone with little or no learning that has been applied in a directed or purposeful way, such as someone who is self-taught out of necessity, often by trial and error over a long time. At some point such an individual might have become very proficient, but would still not necessarily be able to either explain his or her reasons for doing the task in a particular way. The point of the Carnegie learning was that the "true professional" is one who gains such a deep cognitive understanding of the desirable or ideal state of competence his or her capabilities in such a scientific way, that he or she can explain their cpabilities to educate others AND can adapt to changes in circumstance that might render the unconsconscious competent less effective or entirely unable to perform. While an unconscious competent might be able to demonstrate a capability under conditions similar to those in which he or she learned the task by painful repetitions, frequent failures, and all-too-rare successes, he or she might not be able to observe and analyze another's weaknesses or understand why a weakness is a weakness. The "conscious competent" is not only proficient, but also possesses a deep cognitive understanding of the principles supporting his or her dazzling abilities, thanks to not only being capable but understanding why he or she is capable (usually under a variety of conditions and in a broad range of environments. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 199.46.200.231 (talk • contribs) 22:03, June 7, 2006.