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Developing a conscious competence with the iceberg model

Developing a conscious competence with the iceberg model

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Developing a conscious competence with the iceberg model

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- In the four stages of competence is a framing of cognitive development created over 50 years ago. It can help us appreciate the process of learning that we all go through, no matter the subject. We begin every learning journey in a state of unconscious incompetence, blissfully unaware of the things we're incapable of doing. Think about riding a bike. Before you ever saw a bike, you didn't know that you didn't know how to ride one. But then one day a neighborhood friend appears gliding on by two wheels. It looks fun. We'd love to give it a try. But we're forced to acknowledge that we don't know how. This marks the entry into the awkward second stage of conscious incompetence. The third stage is consistent effort or conscious competence. It's the most frustrating stage of all because gains come only through painstaking focus and trial and error. With perseverance, we arrive at the fourth stage, unconscious…

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