Mankind's Models

Mankind’s Models

Affecting all Persons,

Personnel,

Teams,

&

Management:

The Ties that Bind Us!

 (A brief summary of some systems of analysis for our integration)

Challenge, Change,

&

Hope for the Future

By

Richard Michelle~Pentelbury B.A., B.Ed., M.A., Gifted Ed.

For Workshops:

rfpentelbury@cbe.ab.ca               

www.RichardMichellePentelbury.com

Understanding A Learner, and Learning

Kohlberg's stages of Moral Development

Level One

Consequences soon inconsequential; ‘self-centric’.

Level Two

Considering the consequences to one’s self, ‘ego-centric’.

Level Three

Considering the consequences to one’s immediate ‘family’, ‘family-centric’.

Level Four

Considering the consequences to one’s immediate community, ‘socio-centric’.

Level Five

Considering the consequences to one’s larger city community, ‘city-centric’.

Level Six

Considering the consequences to one’s nation, ‘country-centric’.

Level Seven

Considering the consequences to one’s land, ‘continent-centric’.

Level Eight

Considering the consequences to one’s planet, ‘globe-centric’.

Level Nine

Considering the consequences to all/everything at once, ‘universe –centric’.

Maslow’s Hierarchy:

Survival

A need to survive, and to meet basic human needs.

Security

A need to live with peace of mind, and know that you will be safe.

Social Acceptance

A need to be accepted by others, and to fit into a community.

Self Esteem

A need to feel good about one’s self, and one’s values.

Self Actualization

A need to be all that one can possibly be.

De Bono’s Thinking Hats (Edward de Bono):

Black Hat

Focusing on negatives discovered through reasoning.

Red Hat

Being emotionally intuitive, and/or reactive, and incorporating others.

Blue Hat

Thinking about the bigger picture, and being organized.

White Hat

Thinking about the facts and what’s logical.

Yellow Hat

Focusing on positive aspects; agreeable, enthusiastic.

Green Hat

Looking for alternative ideas and new suggestions.

Theory of Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner):

Oral: verbal-linguistic; e.g. T.S. Eliot

Predominantly Learning from the spoken word, through discussing.

Logical: mathematical; e.g. Einstein

Predominantly Learning from connections, through reasoning.

Visual: spatial; e.g. Picasso

Predominantly Learning from pictures or texts, through imagining.

Kinesthetic: body; e.g. Nuriyev

Predominantly Learning from touching, through practicing.

Aural: music and sound; e.g. Mozart

Predominantly Learning from sounds or music, through songs, acronyms, or poems.

Social: inter-personal; e.g. Ghandi

Predominantly Learning from others, through socializing and understanding.

Reflective: intra-personal; e.g. Freud, Jung

Predominantly Learning from your self, through reflecting and considering.

Intuitive: nature-spirit ; e.g. Darwin

Predominantly Learning from environment and instinct, through feeling and remembering.

& Creative Intelligence: (Buzan and Keene) ~ willingness to defy tradition.

Gregorc’s Mind Styles 

Concrete-Sequential: systematic; organized, stable, productive, perfectionist

Abstract-Sequential: research; precise, conceptual, visionary, opinionated

Abstract-Random: cooperative, interpretive, social, noncompetitive, personal

Concrete-Random: instinctual; curious, hands-on, impulsive, impatient

Sequential-Random: absorption; spontaneous, adaptable, social, perceptive

Johari Window: (Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham)

	Known to Self	Not Known to Self
Known to Others
Not Known to Others

Open:        Things we both know about me.

Blind:        Things I’m not aware of, but that you know about me

Hidden:     Things I know about me, that you do not know.

Unknown: Things neither of us know about me.

The Four Agreements (Don Miguel Ruiz):

1)      Words should be ‘impeccable’.

2)      Nothing should be ‘taken personally’.

3)      Nothing should be ‘presumed or assumed’.

4)      Everything should be done ‘with your best at the time’.

Holland’s Theory: “Birds of a feather tend to flock together”:

1)      Realistic

2)      Investigative

3)      Artistic

4)      Social

5)      Enterprising

6)      Conventional

7)       

Psychogeometrics (Dr. Susan Dellinger)

A warm hearted, loving, accepting, and agreeable person.

A determined, successful, persuasive and driven person.

An organized, detailed, thoughtful, and analytical person.

A random, energetic, creative, and fun person.

A comfortable, unreflective, changing, and open-minded person.

Oscar Ichazo's Enneagram:

           Virtue               :     Passion    ;   Holy Idea   :    Ego-Fixation

1)    Serenity            :     Anger       ;    Perfection   :    Resentment

2)    Humility            :     Pride        ;    Freedom     :    Flattery

3)    Truthful             :     Deceit      ;    Hope          :    Vanity

4)    Equanimity        :     Envy        ;    Origin         :    Melancholy

5)    Non-Attachment:     Avarice     ;    Omniscience:   Stinginess

6)    Courage            :     Fear         ;    Faith           :   Cowardice

7)    Sobriety            :     Gluttony   ;    Planning      :   Wisdom

8)    Innocence         :      Lust         ;   Truth           :   Vengeance

9)    Action               :      Sloth       ;    Love           :   Indolence

Dabrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration:

Level I, Factor one: Indiscriminatingly concerned with the self.

Level I, Factor two: Comfortable with the understanding of the world around them. Predominantly unquestioning of left/right values as concrete.

Level II: Uncomfortable with the world around them, and often hold conflicting values. Questioning for personal benefit.

Level III : Predominantly developing integrative moral guides, and comfort with themselves. Reflecting on themselves to develop behaviors.

Level IV: Predominantly helping others. Comfortable in making decisions.

Level V: Complete attitude of selflessness.

Spiral Dynamics (Clare Graves)

Beige: Predominantly involved in one’s own survival, and one’s own basic needs.

Purple: Predominantly involved in one’s family, clan, clutch, coven, club, and ancestry.

Red: Predominantly involved in the self, and determined to be that self, despite others.

Blue: Predominantly giving the self over to a group belief, and seeing ideologies as separate.

Orange: Predominantly perpetuating one’s own success, including others (sometimes at their peril).

Green: Predominantly concerned about world fairness, equality, equitability; others are wrong.

Yellow : Predominantly intellectual, concerned for world flaws, struggles with what is for what could  be.

Turquoise: Predominantly intuitive; promotes world love, compassion, integration.

Coral: Predominantly selfless.

Pentelbury’s Paradigm Phallacy: “Everything is Important and Nothing really Matters.”

Pentelbury’s Pathways of Practicing Preference:

1) Evaluative rather than Judgmental,

2) Integrative rather than Disparate,

3) Preferential rather than Needful,  

4) Flowing rather than Attached,

5) Enlightening rather than Enclosed             see: www.RichardMichellePentelbury.com