Chris Argyris' organizational learning concept distinguish between
single-loop learning and double-loop learning. The difference is that
single-loop learning is learning to improve the performance of what you are
currently doing, while double-loop learning is about learning to do what
you are doing in a smarter way. This includes testing and validating the
assumptions of your current practices, in other words similar to the notion
of unlearning on this list. Gregory Bateson made a similar distinction
between learning I and learning II. He also included learning III, that is,
changing the process of learning II.
Ragnvald Sannes
irs@ci1.hhs.se