Nancy, You are correct - I should have mentioned that eventually all the types are expected to get on the bike ... and some with trainer wheels. If I'm going to be totally accurate then Honey Mumford's model actually suggests that we have a little of all the styles in us but when push comes to shove we will fall back on our preferred style. There is also evidence that if you are forced or encouraged to learn in one of your non preferred styles you will retain the information better. I have had an argument with another trainer who says that all adult learners are voluntary and so are never forced to learn in a style they don't prefer and I have referred him to craft learning where there is no teacher so you may have to start as a theorist because book learning is your only option. If this isn't being forced into a style then I don't know what is. Now, here is another one for you all. The Dunning Kruger effect. This theory is based on a statement by Charles Darwin; "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge". The premise with the Dunning Kruger effect is that the more knowledge you have the more self aware you are and able to know how much further you have to go. High education people often will rate their ability lower than it is because they understand that they still have a lot to learn. Lower skilled people over rate their ability consistantly and not just in their jobs but also the studies have shown in chess and driving as two examples. What I find very interesting with the Lace on Acrachne is that whilst we all have very different educational backgrounds we are all very proactive in adding to our knowledge on lacemaking and crafts and we are all modest about our abilities which makes the group a really nice place to be. L
Kind Regards Liz Baker [email protected] My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ --- On Sat, 5/3/11, Nancy Neff <[email protected]> wrote: From: Nancy Neff <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [lace] Bobbin Lace Instructions - Written Out for the Teacherless To: "The Lace Bee" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "Clay Blackwell" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 5 March, 2011, 16:56 Liz, I'd like to think that Pragmatists, in your example, might find a teacher and start riding with training wheels or someone to steady them. I don't think that only Activists would actually get on the bike--even Theorists and Reflectors might eventually! I say this because I might be considered somewhere between a Pragmatist and Theorist, in that I taught myself bobbin lace from books, even Flanders and Binche, only taking classes after starting each type from books. (Maybe a little bit of Activist since I have worked from a pricking without any diagrams or model/picture, but that was only Torchon.) Anyway, I'd like to think that all learning types would eventually get on the bike and learn to ride it themselves! Nancy Connecticut USA From: The Lace Bee <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; Clay Blackwell <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 4:57:28 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Bobbin Lace Instructions - Written Out for the Teacherless .... When trying to explain Honey Mumford we use the tale of trying to learn to ride a bicycle - and you will all see yourselves in this one: Activists will grab the bike and try to ride it (falling off it and getting back on but keeping trying). Pragmatists will go and get all the bicycle riding studies and start a discussion group on the results of the studies, analysing the data from different sources. Theorists will buy the best book on bicycle riding and study it making sure that they have all the recommended equipment together before even attempting to unlock the bicycle from the gatepost. After all, if you get the right book you could do brain surgery ... Reflectors will stand back and observe the other people, those riding (and falling off the bike), those in the discussion group, those reading the book. They will then start to write down their observations and conclusions and producing data on their observations. .... - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
