Comments on: Persistance is the key to ability, whether you have taste or not http://www.bronwenclune.com/2009/07/28/persistance-is-the-key-to-ability-whether-you-have-taste-or-not/ There is life after control media Mon, 17 May 2010 07:44:57 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Gillespie http://www.bronwenclune.com/2009/07/28/persistance-is-the-key-to-ability-whether-you-have-taste-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-412 David Gillespie Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:34:25 +0000 http://www.bronwenclune.com/?p=203#comment-412 Tis very similar to the 10,000 hours argument made by Gladwell in Outliers - talent is one thing, but talent plus 10,000 hours practise is what makes you a world champion. Tis very similar to the 10,000 hours argument made by Gladwell in Outliers – talent is one thing, but talent plus 10,000 hours practise is what makes you a world champion.

]]> By: Ian Bailey http://www.bronwenclune.com/2009/07/28/persistance-is-the-key-to-ability-whether-you-have-taste-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Ian Bailey Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:15:51 +0000 http://www.bronwenclune.com/?p=203#comment-383 In pre-service education (teacher training) there is a lot of discussion about graduating from unconsciously unskilled (you are crap, but don't realise) to consciously unskilled (you are still crap, but you know). In fact, it seemed like the university was spitting out a lot of bad teachers who knew they weren't all that great. The key to escaping the consciously unskilled group, as well as Ira's persistence, is reflection. We need to stop and think about our performance, and the difference between our performance and the ideal performance in our head. I guess the reason the universities are not making great teachers from the start is that it isn't possible. Great teachers are grown in front of classes. This is the art part of teaching, the creative part. I'm sure the same thing applies in other creative endeavours, like your writing. You need persistence sure, but you also need to reflect on your work - exactly as you have done in this post. In pre-service education (teacher training) there is a lot of discussion about graduating from unconsciously unskilled (you are crap, but don’t realise) to consciously unskilled (you are still crap, but you know). In fact, it seemed like the university was spitting out a lot of bad teachers who knew they weren’t all that great.

The key to escaping the consciously unskilled group, as well as Ira’s persistence, is reflection. We need to stop and think about our performance, and the difference between our performance and the ideal performance in our head.

I guess the reason the universities are not making great teachers from the start is that it isn’t possible. Great teachers are grown in front of classes. This is the art part of teaching, the creative part.

I’m sure the same thing applies in other creative endeavours, like your writing. You need persistence sure, but you also need to reflect on your work – exactly as you have done in this post.

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