When I was reading about Procedural Knowledge I was instantly reminded of a Japanese martial art concept called Shuhari. The Metaphor of the chick breaking out of the egg is extremely evocative for me particularly.
Shu is represented by the chick growing inside the egg. It's state of growing is like learning a new skill in with the protection of a teacher.
Ha is the moment when the chick begins to break out of the egg, like the student who starts to apply the skills learnt to different situations asking the questions "why is the skill important?" "Is there anything I can change to make it better?"
and finally Ri when the chick breaks free of the egg, the transcendence of the technique and the internationalization of the skill
The translation I found On Wikipedia made me smile.
Shuhari roughly translates to "first learn, then detach, and finally transcend."
The concept describes the process of acquiring procedural knowledge but expends on a few aspects of it.
But thinking about it maybe not. The system of acquiring procedural knowledge is a simplified form of ShuHaRi. While there are aspects of ShuHaRi the Japanese concept applies to the entire process of education.
If you want to know more about the stages have a look at this website
http://www.makigami.info/cms/japanese-learning-system-japan-36
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