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Characteristics of phases in 12-phase learning / action cycles

Alternative presentation

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Tentative adaptation and development from Arthur Young's The Geometry of Meaning (1978). See commentary on learning cycles in Cycles of dissonance and resonance. See also adaptation to Typology of 12 complementary strategies essential to sustainable development and to Typology of 12 complementary dialogue modes essential to sustainable dialogue. This table was originally published with the rows and columns transposed.

Learning phases alternatively clustered

Characteristics of phases in 12-phase learning / action cycles
Learning via... Space-binding Unconscious
(In-volution) 		 Unintended shift of:
- perspective 
- position 
- reference 
Displacement of focus
 		 Unconscious impression of significance Subject to an unintended shift of perspective Unexplained problems 
Imponderables 
External constraints
Time-binding   Conscious
(Re-volution)		 Intentional shift of
- perspective 
- position 
- reference 
Range of conscious attention span 
'Distance' from object of focus

(see MLT 0)

 Projection of an intended shift of perspective into reality Mass of information 
Amassed experience 
Internal constraints 
Mass of evidence 
'Matter of fact'
Unconscious
(In-volution)		 Conscious
(Re-volution)		 Symbol M0L

Acts
Abstract
Schematic		 ML

States
Motivated
Considered
 ML2

Relationships
Application
Follow-through
Commitment		 M
Uncoordinated action 
Self-impulsion
Victim of discontinuity		 Comparison with previous comparisons
Awareness of
self-awareness
Transendental discontinuity		 T-3 L/T3

Control of transformative action

ML/T3

Establishment of disciplined pattern of response; consolidated or harmonious control of action potential; holding forces in check

 ML2/T3

Power of acquired knowledge; know-how; integrated or embodied experience; capacity (including that of not acting); non-action		 -
Auto-catalytic response  Comparison with norms or memory of
previous experience 
Self-awareness		 T-2 L/T2

Spontaneous initiation of transformative action; commitment to a new course of action		 ML/T2

Forcefulness engendered, experienced or embodied as a result of transformative action; constructive (or disruptive) action potential; enhanced sense of being		 ML2/T2

Achievement of a desired result by application of understanding (and adjustment of implicit beliefs) in response to external factors; working action on reality		 -
Homeostatic equilibrium 

Unconscious adaptation		 Conscious adaptive response 
Awareness		 T-1 L /T

Adaptive change; reaction; passive adaptation or change of position in response to changing circumstances		 ML /T

Recognition of the momentum (of an issue) resulting from a change, namely the consequential transformation of awareness or perspective		 ML2/T

Decision or impulse to act or initiate a process determining the future		 -
Unconscious registration of information Timeless awareness
Non-duration 		 T0 L

Observation; act of considering; position determination; reactive learning based on immediate registration of phenomena; assessment of distance; 'sizing up'		 ML

Recognition of moment(ousness), relevance (as related to leverage), significance (as in 'matters of great moment'); weight of facts; bringing matters into focus		 ML2

Faith in current paradigm or perception of reality; unexamined or habitual commitment to a process projection or understanding, irrespective of inconsistent disturbing factors		 -

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