Training for Organizations

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Training for Organizations

• Learning Theory

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• Opening Exercise Draw a picture of an
  individual you anticipate participating in your
  class

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Which picture depicts your learners?
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What is Learning?

• Define!

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Adult Education Assumptions

• Learning is not its own reward
• Adult learning is integrative
• Value adjustments must be considered
• Adult learners want control
• Practice must be meaningful
• Adults like to learn at their own pace

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Trainers Perception of Learners

• All learners are like you
• Learners know how they learn
• You can easily figure out how learners learn
• Elliott Masie THE COMPUTER TRAINING HANDBOOK
  (1995) Lakewood Books, pp. 51-52

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Teaching Styles

• Andragogy
• andra means man, adult
• Pedagogy
• peda means child
• ago means leading

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Learning Styles

• The Kolb Learning Style Inventory
• Converger
• Diverger
• Assimilator
• Accomodator

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Masies Thinking Styles

• People think in four fundamentally different ways
• Most are capable of using all four kinds of
  thinking, and do so at different times/tasks
• Most prefer one style/use it often
• Learning is often stressful

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Masies Stereotypes

• Reflective thinkers
• why?
• Conceptual thinkers
• what is the whole picture?
• Practical thinkers
• whats in it for me?
• Creative thinkers
• what if?

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Behavioral Approach

• Observable behavior confirms that learning has
  taken place
• The environment shapes the behavior of the
  learner
• Time between behavior and reinforcement is crucial

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Behaviorists

• Edward L. Thorndike
• S-R Theory
• law of effect, exercise, readiness
• Ivan Pavlov
• B. F. Skinner
• operant conditioning
• Frederick Taylor
• applications

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Writing Learning Objectives

• Domains
• cognitive
• affective
• psychomotor

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Blooms Taxonomy

• Knowledge
• Comprehension
• Application
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation

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• Who is Robert Mager?

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GATA

• G GIVEN (CONDITIONS)
• A ACTION (PERFORMANCE)
• T TIME (CRITERIA)
• A ACCURACY (CRITERIA)

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Cognitive Science

• Remembering and Problem Solving
• Organizational facilitates recall
• Complex processes operate on an as-needed basis
• Schema can be formulated

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Workplace Motivation

• A Humanist Approach
• Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
• Herzbergs Two-Factor Theory
• Rotters Locus of Control
• Rogers Learner-Centered Approach
• McGregors Theory X and Y

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A Humanist Approach

• People are inherently good and free to act.

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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs

• Self actualization
• Ego/status needs
• Belonging needs
• Safety/security needs
• Basic physiological needs

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Rotters Locus of Control

• Within a social context, your personality impacts
  your learning style and orientation.
• Internal Locus of Control
• External Locus of Control

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Rogers Learner-Centered Approach

• Personalized learning can lead to growth
• personal involvement of the learner
• self-initiated activity
• activity effects behavior change
• learner-evaluated and assessed
• learning takes on permanent meaning for the
  learner

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McGregor

• Theory X worker
• dislikes work
• must be coerced to work
• prefers to be directed

• Theory Y worker
• likes to work
• will exercise self-direction
• seeks responsibility

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In conclusion

• Identify the last time you set out to learn
  something new.
• What motivated you to learn?
• What learning orientation described your effort?

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• Any questions?