I know it makes me a bad student, but there is no way I was going to finish reading a five billion page reading about ‘Theories of Action’, especially without a dictionary in my hand. Espoused? What? (Noun: adopt/support a cause or belief.)

From what I read (roughly two-thirds-ish) the content of the Chris Argyris was worth reading, but I definitely think that something that intense would have been better suited to a later date when we have some kind of basis of understanding. Or perhaps everyone else understood that and were riveted from start to finish and I’m the only pleb in the course.
Perhaps I am, and for now that’s okay. But just to be clear, here’s what I managed to absorb from the reading:

Single Loop Learning is learning within the proverbial box. The Governing Variables are the limits that contain out understanding and processing abilities.

Double Loop Learning is to think and learn ‘Outside the Box.’ In this model, learning occurs through the challenge and the process of thinking outside the limits rather than actually achieving a desired outcome.

I’m going to read this article again, then come back and write a proper analysis of it when I understand what it means. A sort of anaysis 2.0, if you will. For now, it’s coffee time.