Adult Learning and training Development

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Strategic Training
& Development
Adult Learning
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2. This block of instruction
discusses the science of adult
learning. It also looks at the
different ways that adult
learners are discouraged and
encouraged.
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3. Performance Objectives
IDENTIFY THREE OF THE SIX ASPECTS OF
BASIC COMMUNICATION THEORY.
WRITE THE FOUR COMMON PURPOSES THAT
INSTRUCTORS OF ADULTS CAN FULFILL.
LIST THE SEVEN MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS
FOR ADULTS AS LEARNERS.
EXPLAIN THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ADULT
LEARNING.
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4. Performance Objectives
IDENTIFY THE THREE DIFFERENT LEARNING
STYLES.
IDENTIFY THE FOUR GENERATIONAL GROUPS
IN THE WORKFORCE TODAY.
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN STANDARD
LECTURE AND INTERACTIVE LECTURE.
LIST THREE ELEMENTS THAT DISCOURAGE
ADULT LEARNING.
LIST FIVE ELEMENTS THAT ENCOURAGE
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5. CLASS EXERCISE
1. Divide into groups
2. Compile a list of five characteristics
of the BEST instructors you have
known
3. Compile a list of five characteristics
of the WORST instructors you have
known
4. Index the lists of characteristics
from 1 (most) to 5 (least)
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6. Exercise;
The Qualities of a Good
Instructor
What’s
your list
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7. 1. ____________________ ________
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8. 1. ____________________ ________
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9. You Can Teach Anything To Anyone
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10. CLASS EXERCISE
Think about what makes you feel
uncomfortable about public
speaking.
Identify seven personal areas for
improvement in public speaking.
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11. PERSONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT
O n e o f th e m o s t u n c o m fo r ta b le th in g s a n a d u lt c a n b e a s k e d
to d o , is to s ta n d in fr o n t o f a g r o u p o f p e o p le – a n d s p e a k .
R e c o g n iz in g o n e ’s fe a r s is g e n e r a lly th e fir s t s te p in th e
p r o c e s s o f o v e r c o m in g th e m . O n th e lin e s b e lo w , lis t th o s e
th in g s th a t m a k e y o u fe e l th e m o s t u n c o m fo r ta b le a b o u t th e
p r o s p e c t o f h a v in g to s p e a k in p u b lic .
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12. BASIC COMMUNICATION
THEORY
“The process of sharing
information either consciously or
unconsciously, intentionally or
unintentionally, and whenever
meaning is attributed to behavior
or the residue of behavior.”
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13. SIX ASPECTS OF BASIC COMMUNICATION
THEORY
The process of sharing information between
sender and receiver:
Consciously
Unconsciously
Intentionally
Unintentionally
Residue
Feedback
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14. BASIC COMMUNICATION THEORY
How often do we communicate?
Communication is a 24 hour a day process.
Verbally
Non-Verbally
Cultural Influence
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15. We Start By Being A Good Listener…
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16. BASIC COMMUNICATION THEORY
INFORMATION THEORY MODEL
There must be a source – and a
destination.
•Encode
•Transmit
•Channel
•Receiver
•Decode
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17. BASIC COMMUNICATION THEORY
COMMUNICATION IS PERCEIVED
DIFFERENTLY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
•Emotion
•Decisions
•Conversation
•Modesty
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18. BASIC COMMUNICATION THEORY
COMMUNICATION IS PERCEIVED DIFFERENTLY BETWEEN
MEN AND WOMEN
•What Do
You Think?
•The Point
•More Than
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19. FOUR COMMON REASONS FOR
INSTRUCTING ADULTS
•To Inform
•To Persuade
•To Train
•To Represent
Management/Agency
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20. 7 MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS
1. SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
•To fulfill a need for personal
associations and friendships
•To make new friends
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21. 7 MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS
2. EXTERNAL EXPECTATIONS
•To comply with instructions from
someone else
•To carry out the expectations of
someone with formal authority
•To carry out the recommendation of some
authority
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22. 7 MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS
3. INTERNAL EXPECTATIONS
•To achieve personal goals
•To further self- development
•To enjoy and enhance special interests
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23. 7 MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS
4. SOCIAL WELFARE
•To improve ability to serve mankind
•To prepare for service to the community
•To improve ability to participate in community
work
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24. 7 MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS
5. PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT
•To gain higher career status
•To secure professional advancement
•To keep up with the competition
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25. 7 MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS
6. ESCAPE OR STIMULATION
•To get relief from boredom
•To break the routine of home or work
•To provide a contrast to the rest of life
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26. 7 MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS
7. COGNITIVE INTEREST
•To learn just for the sake of learning
•To seek knowledge for its own sake
•To satisfy an inquiring mind
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27. EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ADULT
LEARNING
1. Learning is something the learner
DOES, not something the learner
receives.
“I HEAR AND I FORGET...
I SEE AND I REMEMBER...
I DO AND I UNDERSTAND...”
- Chinese Proverb
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28. EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ADULT LEARNING
Studies have shown that learners retain:
•10% of what they read ADULT LEARNERS
NEED TO BE ABLE
•20% of what they hear TO APPLY THEIR
SENSES TO THEIR
•30% of what they see LEARNING
EFFORTS
•50% of what they see and hear
•70% of what they say
•90% of what they do and say
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29. EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ADULT
LEARNING
2. Learning is a consequence of
experience.
Allow your adult learners to apply
what they are learning, to what
they already know and have
experienced! Behavioral change
can result from new learning.
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30. EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ADULT
LEARNING
3. Learning is a collaborative process
•Adults learn well in small groups
•Adults learn well when they are
active!
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31. EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ADULT
LEARNING
4. Learning is an evolutionary process.
Learning takes time, and it builds over time!
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32. EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ADULT
LEARNING
5. Learning can be a painful process.
•Learning takes hard work.
•New ideas can sometimes contradict
long held beliefs!
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33. EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ADULT
LEARNING
6. One of the richest resources for
learning, are the learners themselves!
Past experiences of adult
learners can enrich the whole
class.
Adult learners have experienced
both failures and successes!
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34. EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ADULT
LEARNING
7. The process of learning is emotional,
as well as intellectual.
Adult learners need to
feel a sense of
accomplishment and self-
improvement for their
learning efforts!
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35. Don’t Be Shaken By Pending Change;
Step Into It
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36. EIGHT PRINCIPLES OF ADULT
LEARNING
8. The problem solving and learning
processes of adults are highly unique,
and they vary greatly!
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37. Questions
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