Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
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Date of this Version
1986
Document Type
Article
Citation
To Improve the Academy, published jointly by The Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education and The National Council for Staff, Program and Organizational Development (NCSPOD), volume 5, 1986.
Abstract
Part of the process of learning involves the making of models to guide action. A good model explains what has happened, communicates what is happening, and predicts what will happen. It serves as a schema for thinking about the world and how we interact with it. This can be freeing because a useful model points to new directions which are logical outgrowths of the current situation, but it can also be restricting if we come to believe that the model represents "truth" in capital letters and neon lights.
Comments
License: CC BY-NC-ND