Learn, Apply, Extend

["Gordon Hall" <g.hall@dln.org.uk>]

Learn, Apply, Extend

Is there not a massive challenging in moving from the learning phase to =
the application phase.

World wide have we not been good at the teaching/learning phase? But how =
good have we been at the applying phase?

We certainly have not been great here in Aberdeen, Scotland

I was wondering if the problem might be rooted in our traditional =
perception of learning - in that it is done by an expert instructing a =
student - and when the instruction is concluded then the relationship =
disconnects.

But in practice learning is a long term, cyclical system, which includes =
the conceptual teacher and the practical learner in a continual dynamic =
learning system - both parties contributing to and taking from the =
system. If the practical manger does not contribute to the learning =
system, then there is a great danger that the teaching gets disconnected =
from reality. Is this not what happens in our Universities and Schools =
of Management?

Gordon Hall
The Deming Learning Network
Aim: Continual organisational improvement through the application of =
learning
Tel: 00 44 1358 721258
e-mail: g.hall@dln.org.uk
web site: www.dln.org.ukn