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The Process of Training

Overview  Workshop Organisation  Methods and Materials  Monitoring and Evaluation  Workplace Visiting  Appendices 

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Overview

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The Training Business

bulletTypes of jobs - easy and tough;
bulletTraining's aims - higher and lower;
bulletThe five main competencies of a professional trainer;
bulletA trainer's study skills

The five competency areas

bulletBusiness skills;
bulletSelf Development;
bulletMaterials Production;
bulletWorkshop Organisation;
bulletWorkplace Visiting

Overview  Workshop Organisation  Methods and Materials  Monitoring and Evaluation  Workplace Visiting  Appendices 

Workshop Organisation

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The Logistical Aspects

bulletContracts, Administrative Support, The Venue, Materials & Equipment

Contextualisation

bullet[A six point checklist]

Making dreams come true

bulletYou gotta have a dream (Aims and Objectives)
bulletHow you gonna make the dream come true? (Contents, Methods and Assessment)

The Professional Aspects

bulletAims, Objectives, Content, Methods and Materials, Monitoring and Evaluation

Drawing up the Agenda/ Programme>

bulletAttention span and variety
bulletChanging the social arrangements
bulletThree types of action
bulletEighteen categories of activity

Overview  Workshop Organisation  Methods and Materials  Monitoring and Evaluation  Workplace Visiting  Appendices 

Methods and Materials

Training Methods - some options

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bulletMethods - help students to better understand what they already know v help the students to acquire new knowledge, skills and attitudes.

Helping students to better understand what they already know

Interactive Mind Mapping - (click HERE for details)

bulletbrainstorming, categorising, linking

Colloquia (sharing through discussion)  (click HERE for details)

bulletThe outputs from an effective Colloquium
bulletDiscussion rather than Debate
bulletVariation on the Colloquium Process
bulletGuided Self Discovery
bulletFacilitated Self Discovery

A Toobox of Thinking Skills (click HERE for details)

bulletTell it to your Granny
bulletWrite a script for two people discussing the topic
bulletState the History of the Topic
bulletUse Lateral Thinking
bulletDraw a Mindmap
bulletCheck your Logic
bulletStraighten the Crooked Thinking

The Social Dimensions of thinking

bulletLearning Styles - Strokes for Folks
bulletGroup Types and Group Dynamics - Belbin's Types
bulletBouncing Ideas - Six Thinking Hats
bulletEffective meetings – Chair, secretary, reporter

The Use of Handouts

bulletPurposes, Types and Designs
bulletPrewritten notes – Overhead transparencies, flip charts etc
bulletInteractive – fill the blanks, guided note taking
bulletQuestionnaires and quizzes
bulletChecklists

Overview  Workshop Organisation  Methods and Materials  Monitoring and Evaluation  Workplace Visiting  Appendices 

Monitoring and Evaluation

bulletPredetermined objectives and unexpected outcomes
bulletWorkshop Monitoring and Evaluation Techniques - some options
bulletHow SVQ does it

Overview  Workshop Organisation  Methods and Materials  Monitoring and Evaluation  Workplace Visiting  Appendices 

Workplace visiting

bulletSupport/facilitation/counselling v appraisal/assessment/evaluation
bulletSPUR & GROW

Overview   Workshop Organisation  Methods and Materials  Monitoring and Evaluation  Workplace Visiting  Appendices 

Appendices:

bulletA Good Thinker's Toolbox
bulletLateral and Vertical Thinking
bulletTechniques of Lateral Thinking
bulletDe Bono's Six Thinking Hats

Overview  Workshop Organisation  Methods and Materials  Monitoring and Evaluation  Workplace Visiting  Appendices