I just read a post on this that written back in May. Thanks to Clark Quinn for the Tweet on it! So what is a "quality?" If you look up the definition, you find (among other defs) - "an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone."
So is a quality the same as a skill? Seems to me qualities are more on the affective side. Things like having empathy, caring about the completeness of your work, etc. If you read the comments to the mentioned post, you'll see people are mixing skills and affective characteristics together.
This isn't something I've really thought much about. I have my own list of skills an ID should possess, but not qualities. This is something I'll have to ponder more. Just as we divide learning into psycho-motor, cognitive, and affective areas, maybe examining IDs from these viewpoints would shed some light on just who the heck we are.
So is a quality the same as a skill? Seems to me qualities are more on the affective side. Things like having empathy, caring about the completeness of your work, etc. If you read the comments to the mentioned post, you'll see people are mixing skills and affective characteristics together.
This isn't something I've really thought much about. I have my own list of skills an ID should possess, but not qualities. This is something I'll have to ponder more. Just as we divide learning into psycho-motor, cognitive, and affective areas, maybe examining IDs from these viewpoints would shed some light on just who the heck we are.
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