FratFiles

• Save Paper

E. Article Summaries

Teaching Smart People how to Learn
By Chris Argyris

The author contends that most successful people are adept at solving problems, but they don't really know how to learn. They are able to solve problems and overcome many organizational obstacles, but when it comes down to examining why there are obstacles and looking at the underneath dynamics of the problem they are unsuccessful. They lack introspection and the ability to see their own part in the problem and hence are not able to learn from it. Failure forces people to be introspective.
There are two types of learning. Single loop learning which involves the detection and the correction of a problem. Double loop learning asks, "Why is there a problem"
Most successful people have little experience of failure and thus have little reason for introspection They then build up defensive behavior and blame others for what has happened when they are involved in some type of botched plan.
People......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 592
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Teaching Smart People To Learn Summary
   

   Teaching Smart People to Learn Summary E. Article Summaries Teaching Smart People how to Learn By Chris Argyris The author contends that most successful people are adept at

2. Whats Going Wrong In Public School
   

   toward the low self-esteem and they learn to fail because schools are failing. Many people want us to believe that the problem with school lies not in the idea of public

3. Marketing Sample
   

   expert. Business schools, including teachers and students, use our products for their teaching power. Our products are excellent for helping people learn by doing. We refer to this

4. Hello
   

   Ballou students, the popular kids are so mean to students who are smart, that a lot of people would rather fail then show any sign of intelligent. Phillip Atkins use to be friends

5. Contemporary American Education
   

   Campbell, Campbell, Dickson, Drubach, and Ormrod (2000-2004) discussed how different people are and how differently they learn. Discussed are the various types of learners. They