"The new millennium presents us with unexpected events that challenge us
to think and act in fundamentally different ways. Meeting these
challenges requires not only the creation of knowledge but the
development of wisdom. This book draws together forty years of
scholarship and practice, along with original research, to catalyze our
expertise in learning about what we don't know. As evident from the
perspective of the learner, a pattern of four distinctive phases of
experience-a specific sequence of cognitive, affective, and relationship
features-can generate an enhanced perspective out of confusion and lead
to wisdom in action. "