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#41: What Is the Conscious Competence Ladder, and Why You Need to Know About It for Learning, Behavior, and Your Own Professional Development.
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One of the things that used to really grind my gears as a teacher was when I was trying to teach a new skill to students, whether it be an analytical response or a piece of creative writing, and they would say something like the following:
“I know how to do this already”
“This is baby work, I did it in Year 3”,
Or the worst one…
“Why do I have to learn English, I already speak the language!!”
Of course as a teacher I COULD spend a chunk of the lesson explaining until I am blue in the face about how there is a progression of skills, how English as a subject permeates everything we do, how the writing they did in Year 3 is not the writing I am expecting of them.
And I did. Often.
Now? I understand that all of us, human beings in general, simply don’t know, what we don’t know!!
So what do I do instead?
I teach them about the conscious competence ladder (not necessarily using that lingo).
Listen in to this week’s podcast as I go over what the Conscious Competence Ladder is, and why it is such a valuable theory to support us in teaching our students, and applying in our own practice.
Have a question, comment, or just want to say hello? Drop us a text!
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Manage episode 386296355 series 3396568
One of the things that used to really grind my gears as a teacher was when I was trying to teach a new skill to students, whether it be an analytical response or a piece of creative writing, and they would say something like the following:
“I know how to do this already”
“This is baby work, I did it in Year 3”,
Or the worst one…
“Why do I have to learn English, I already speak the language!!”
Of course as a teacher I COULD spend a chunk of the lesson explaining until I am blue in the face about how there is a progression of skills, how English as a subject permeates everything we do, how the writing they did in Year 3 is not the writing I am expecting of them.
And I did. Often.
Now? I understand that all of us, human beings in general, simply don’t know, what we don’t know!!
So what do I do instead?
I teach them about the conscious competence ladder (not necessarily using that lingo).
Listen in to this week’s podcast as I go over what the Conscious Competence Ladder is, and why it is such a valuable theory to support us in teaching our students, and applying in our own practice.
Have a question, comment, or just want to say hello? Drop us a text!
Join The Behaviour Club - Your teaching village!
Pre-order a copy of my book ‘It’s Never Just About the Behaviour: A holistic approach to classroom behaviour management
Freebies and support:
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