Learning Methods Workshop
By Colin McIlwaine
Identify Training Needs
Assessment of Results Planning and Design
Performance Problem
Implement Training
Training Policies
• Process for identifying training needs
• Underpinning beliefs about value of training
• Preferred forms of learning - professional, vocational,
academic, distance learning etc
• Types of training available and on what basis - financi
al support, release, materials, time off
• Appeals procedure against training decisions
Training Aims
• Describes what you intend the learners to
achieve
• A statement of intent
Training Objectives
• What will be achieved as an outcome of th
e training expressed in terms of performan
ce?
Training Objectives
• A statement of the conditions under which
that performance must be carried out.
• A statement of the minimum acceptable st
andards of performance a Learner must at
tain
• A statement of the performance to be carri
ed out by the Learner
Examples of Learning Statemen
ts
• The Learner will be able to type a Busin
ess letter
• The Learner will be able to demonstrate th
e correct procedure for giving change
• The Learner will be able to state the safety
regulations for the department
Beware being vague
• Learners will understand objectives
• Learners will have a working knowledge
of photocopiers
• Learners will appreciate the need for safet
y
Standards
• Accuracy
– no more than 3 errors
– measurements to be within 0.01mm
• Speed
– To be completed in no more than 10 minutes
– type at 40 words per minute
Learning
• Practice
• Experience
Theories: Behavioural
• Assumptions • Major Theorists
– Learning is a result of en – Thorndike
vironmental forces – Pavlov
• Subcategories – Watson
– Contiguity – Skinner
– Respondent (Classical)
• Primary Focus • Principles
– Observable behaviour – Time/place pairings
– Stimulus-response conne – Biological basis of behav
ctions iour
– Operant (Instrumental) – Consequences
– Modelling
MODELS:PAVLOV`S DOG
MODELS:PAVLOV`S DOG
Theories: Cognitive
• Primary Focus
– Mental behaviour • Major Theorists
– Knowledge – Bloom
– Intelligence – Piaget
– Critical Thinking – Gagne
• Assumptions
– Learning is a result of mental op
erations/ processing • Principles
• Subcategories – Memory is limited
– Information Processing – Changes in complexity
– Hierarchical – Changes over time
– Developmental – Good thinking requires s
– Critical Thinking tandards
Theories: Humanistic
• Primary Focus
– Affect/Values • Major Theorists
– Self-Concept/Self-Esteem – Rogers
– Needs – Maslow
• Assumptions – N. V. Peale
– Learning is a result of affect/emo
tion and goal-orientation
• Subcategories • Principles
– Affect – Individual uniqueness
– Motivation/Needs – Self-determination
– Self-concept – Dreams and goals are vi
– Self-esteem tal for success
Theories: Social Cognition
• Primary Focus
– Modelling • Major Theorists
– Vicarious Learning – Bandura
– Attitudes – Vygotsky
– Goals – Sears
• Assumptions
– Learning is a result of influences
• Principles
of social environment on thinking
. – Reciprocal determinism
• Subcategories – Individual responsibility
– Observational (Social)
– Self-efficacy
– Goal-setting
– Self-regulation
3. Methods: Putting theories and models togethe
Adapted from Romiszowski, 1984
Transfer of Learning
• If we learn task A then we learn a similar
task B, how will our learning of task B be
affected?
• If it’s made easier, there is “positive tra
nsfer of learning”
• If harder, then there is “negative transfe
r”
• At work, new trainees should not be taug
ht incorrect methods, which they find har
d to lose.
Entry Behaviour
• Tests
• Questionnaire
• Work Diary
• Job Tasks
• Bringing information/sample material to th
e learning event
Tests
• Aptitude
• Performance
• Existing knowledge,skills and attitude
Training Strategies
• Courses
– short/ long term
– qualification?
– Distance learning/Consultants/In-house Tr
ainers?
• Coaching
• Shadowing
• Mentoring
• Secondment
Training Methods
• Lectures • Guided Reading
• Workshops • In-Tray exercises
• Demonstrations • Videos
• Business Games • Projects
• Case Studies • Role Plays
• Brainstorming • Assignments
• Discussion • On-the Job Trainin
g
• Job Rotation
Feedback - Key questions
Evaluation
• “Happy Sheets”
• Objectives achieved?
• Skills transferred to the workplace?
• Long-term improvement?
• Cost- effective?