April 17, 2011

the four stages of competence

1. Unconscious Incompetence
The individual does not understand or know how to do something and does not necessarily recognize the deficit.

2. Conscious Incompetence
Though the individual does not understand or know how to do something, he or she does recognize the deficit.

3. Conscious Competence
The individual understands or knows how to do something. However, demonstrating the skill or knowledge requires concentration.

4. Unconscious Competence
The individual has had so much practice with a skill that it has become “second nature” and can be performed easily. He or she may be able to teach it to others, depending upon how and when it was learned.

Plus, a possible fifth.

(thanks, Luke)

posted by in consciousness, education, psychology, teaching | * | 5 comments 

comments

  1. Daryl Scroggins on April 17th, 2011 at 10:08 am

    I like the way David Baume speaks of the process of “surfacing” notions and beliefs, and then looking at them critically.

  2. Joel Bernstein on April 17th, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    I have this weird tendency to stay in phase #2 for much longer than most people, and then suddenly jump to phase #4 or #5 instantly.

  3. Cindy Scroggins on April 17th, 2011 at 12:32 pm

    I pretty much live in phases 4 and 5. Because I am awesome.

  4. Phil Bebbington on April 17th, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    Phase 3 seems a very familiar place to me.

  5. Dan on April 18th, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    So Rumsfeld was only missing one then (or maybe two)?

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