Dreyfus Model

The Dreyfus Skills Acqusition Model is a model of the stages of learning. Author HubertDreyfus.

There are five stages identified.

Novices
Advanced Beginners
Competent
Proficient
Expert

It is discussed a lot in the book PragmaticThinkingAndLearning by AndrewHunt.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_model_of_skill_acquisition

Example of the DreyfusModel in action:

Experts know how to deal with exceptions and don't need disclaimers, and beginners don't yet have the perspective or expertise to appreciate the exceptions.

taken from a comment on BusinessLogicDefinitionDiscussionTwo.

See also DomainExpert, SubjectMatterExpert

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