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Shared schema
an emergent cognitive structure that exists across people, embedded in their habits, language, tools, and coordination patterns, and which changes more slowly than individual schemas due to the need for synchronized updates across all members who rely on it
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes the semantic boundary of 'shared schema' by identifying its genus (emergent cognitive structure), its differentia (existence across people, embedded in habits, language, tools, coordination patterns), and distinguishes it from individual schemas while explaining its structural inertia. It uses terminology consistent with the curriculum's framing of collective cognition and team dynamics.