Hi Harold - fascinating post.

It seems to me that Ms. Taylor's model shares many of the characteristics of Kolb & Fry's Four Stage Experiential model, and interestingly, I noted that the Disorientation phase of her model is similar to Lev Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The ZPD is the liminal state between a learner's current development level and the learner's potential level of development.

In terms of a learners' cognitive development, Vygotsky's argues that learning precedes development. As developmental processes lag behind learning processes, less experienced or developed individuals can often carry out tasks with the help of others when they could not accomplish these tasks independently.

Would you agree that Ms. Taylor's model illustrates a recursive process (the "aha! moment") - as in Kolb’s and Fry’s four-stage cycle, and the concept of the ZPD?

More importantly, have you any views on how can we as educators, can best exploit the existence of this liminal state to support learning?

Best Regards,
Michael Hanley
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