{"id":1139,"date":"2008-10-20T00:05:36","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T04:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2008-10-18T17:50:53","modified_gmt":"2008-10-18T21:50:53","slug":"novelty-reflection-and-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/1139","title":{"rendered":"Novelty, reflection, and learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve observed that most folks settle into a professional routine (a rut, really) that intersects with the achievement of a certain level of competence. Once they learn the job and find efficient (if not effective) ways of doing it, they\u2019ll rarely stray from the patterned practices of routine. It\u2019s a case of \u201cIf it\u2019s not broke, don\u2019t fix it.\u201d But it\u2019s also a case of a non-thinking stance, \u201cWe\u2019ve always done it this way before.\u201d <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The danger here is that a failure to reflect on one\u2019s practices leads to stagnation and stifles the imagination. Donald Schon, in <em>The Reflective Practitioner <\/em>wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Much reflection-in-action hinges on the experience of surprise. When intuitive, spontaneous performance yields nothing more than the results expected for it, then we tend not to think about it. But when intuitive performance leads to surprises, pleasing and promising or unwanted, we may respond by reflection-in-action. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Being caught up in non-thinking routine and habits may be a product of homeostasis; it may be a question of being caught in the lethargy of resistance to change. Imagination and creativity takes energy. They require lifting one\u2019s sight beyond the mundane day-to-day grindstone and glimpse the horizon. Only then may we gain perspective and perceive ways of doing things differently. So, every once is a while it\u2019s worth injecting some novelty into workday. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galindoconsultants.com\"><img src='http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/galindobanner5.jpg' alt='galindoconsultants.com' \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve observed that most folks settle into a professional routine (a rut, really) that intersects with the achievement of a certain level of competence. Once they learn the job and find efficient (if not effective) ways of doing it, they\u2019ll &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/1139\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,18,22,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","category-bowen-family-systems-theory","category-leadership","category-personal-growth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1140,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}