made by badar e alam anwar

1. Training Adult Learners
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Training Techniques

2. Contents
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• Training is a System
• Strive to Improve
• Characteristics of Adult Learners
• The Trainer’s Role
• Teaching Adults
• Learning Styles
• Instructional Strategies
• Instructional Media

3. Contents
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• Do’s
• Planning and Preparation
• Preparation Skills
• Delivery Skills
• Facilitator Responsibilities
• Fatal Mistakes
• Dont’s
• Answering Questions
• Difficult Questions and Learners

4. Training is a System
Instructors Adult Learners
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Learning
Environment
Instructional
Materials

5. Why the
Systems Approach?
• Focused
– what the worker needs to know
– what the worker needs to be able to do
• Linked
– instruction and outcomes
• Reusable
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6. Systems View
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• Preparation
• Implementation
• Evaluation
• Revision
Learners
Materials
Instructors
Environment

7. Strive to Improve
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• Use the input from student
evaluations to improve your
future performance
• Update your materials to keep
them current
• Continue to improve your
knowledge of the subject matter

8. Characteristics
of Adult Learners
• Adults are capable of lifelong learning
• Adults want to know why it’s important
(purpose) and how they can use it
• Adults like to participate in decision
making regarding learning/training
– Choices
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9. Characteristics
of Adult Learners
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• Learn in their own ways
• Are not children
• Need organization
• Preconceptions and abilities
• New vs. Old learning

10. The Trainer’s Role
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• Facilitator
• Presenter
• Coach

11. Facilitator Responsibilities
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• Optimal lighting for viewing
and changes in lighting as
necessary
• Ensuring the room
temperature is comfortable
for the students

12. Facilitator Responsibilities
• Setting the initial mood of the group
• Creating an effective climate for learning
• Motivate students to participate in the
learning process
• Be accepting of comments, avoid getting
defensive
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13. Facilitator Responsibilities
• Control disruptive students
• Offer yourself as a resource
• Allow for limited debate and/or
challenges of the ideas presented
• Discuss how the learning can be applied
in real world applications
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14. Facilitator Responsibilities
• Make yourself available at the
beginning of breaks and after class to
field individual student questions
• Always treat the learners with respect
• Avoid stereotypes
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15. Teaching Adults
• More effective retention given more than one
training method
• Reading
• Hearing
• Seeing
• Seeing & Hearing
• Talking & Writing
• + Doing
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10%
20%
30%
50%
70%
90%

16. Teaching Adults
• Explain what you plan to tell or do
• Tell them and/or do
• Tell them what you told them or did
• Learner explains and does
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17. Learning Styles
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• Active
– Participate
– Field tips
– Hands-on
– Presentations
• Passive
– Read
– Listen
– Observe

18. Instructional Strategy
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• Characteristics of workers
• Presentation
• Practice
• Feedback
• Testing

19. Instructional Strategy
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• Talking Head
• Demonstrations
• Discussions
• One-on-one

20. Instructional Media
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• Power Point
• Slides
• Overheads
• Videos
• DVDs
• Flip charts
• Etc.

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Do’s
• Positive mental attitude
• Dress appropriately
• Be enthusiastic
• Be energetic
• Avoid excessive slang and vernacular
A+

22. A+ Do’s
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• Speak up
• Be yourself
• Practice what you preach
• Watch your body language
• Be the best ‘you’ that you can be

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• Be prepared
• Be sensitive
• Acknowledge learners
• Use your sense of humor
• Be respectful
Do’s
A+

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Do’s
• Be accessible and approachable
• Be responsive
• Allow learners to lead
• Be flexible
• Maintain your schedule
A+

25. Facilities
–Location
–Accommodations
–Speakers
–Food and beverage for breaks
Set-up and test all
equipment before the start
of the session
–Arrange student seating if necessary
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Planning and Preparation

26. 
Planning and Preparation
Learning Environment
– Room - suitable classroom space for
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training
• Size
• Setup
– tables and chairs for all attendees
– plus two extra tables at the rear
reserved for the trainers)
– Temperature

27. Planning and Preparation
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Arrive at the training location early
•Become familiar with the facility:
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–Security
–Exits
–Restrooms
–Emergency procedures
–Contact person
–Rules

28. Planning and Preparation
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Administrative
– Related paper work
• Sign in forms/registration forms
• Schedule
• Evaluations
• Etc.
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29. Planning and Preparation
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Equipment and Supplies
– Audiovisual equipment
• Hotel
• Rented
• Personal
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Extra batteries and lamps
Power strip(s)
Extension cord(s)

30. Audiovisual and equipment that includes
– Computer
– LCD projector
– VCR/TV
– Microphone (if needed for the size room secured)
– Overhead transparency projector
– Whiteboard & markers
– Flipcharts & markers
– 35mm slide projector
– Projection screen
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Planning and Preparation

31. Planning and Preparation
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Equipment and supplies
– Transparencies
– Markers
– Flip charts
– Paper
– Pens and pencils
– Handouts

32. Preparation Skills
• Know your audience
• Communicate the session objectives at
the outset of your presentation
• Be familiar enough with your materials
so as to avoid reading directly from
slides
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33. Preparation Skills
• Supplement the information that
will be on the slides with real
world examples, court decisions,
news articles, drawings etc..
• Expect to be nervous
• Do an extensive review of your
material so you are thoroughly
familiar with the topic you are
going to present
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34. Preparation Skills
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• The better you know your
subject the more confidence
you will have
• The more you practice the
better you will be
• Try your presentation out on
family or co-workers

35. Delivery Skills
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• Make sure you speak so that
students in the back have no
trouble hearing you
• Enunciate your words clearly
• Avoid saying uhm…..
• Avoid distracting mannerisms
such as jingling change or
playing with your hair

36. Delivery Skills
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• Involve the participants by
encouraging and asking
questions
• Start on time; make sure
that established breaks,
lunch and ending times
are adhered to

37. Delivery Skills
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• Pace your delivery
according to the allotted
time and the material to
be covered
• If working from a
syllabus, make sure you
cover everything that is
on it, or explain changes

38. Delivery Skills
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• Keep close tabs on the climate of
the class
• Recognize your strengths and
weaknesses
• Work to maximize your strengths
and minimize your weakness

39. Delivery Skills
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• Don’t pretend to know all the
answers
• If you don’t know something:
– Discuss the question with the
class
– Let the student know you will get
the answer, but be sure to
remember to follow up

40. Fatal Mistakes
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• Poor first impression
• No objectives
• Dull, dry and boring
• Frozen in one spot
• Weak eye contact
• Poor visual aids

41. Fatal Mistakes
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• Weak close
• No humor
• Poor preparation
• No audience involvement
• No enthusiasm or conviction
• Poor facial expression

42. Don’ts
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• Don’t be too formal
• Don’t be a know it all
• Don’t be unprepared
• Do not talk down to learners
• Do not use profanity
• Don’t be distracting

43. Don’ts
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• Don’t loose control
• Don’t catch people unprepared
• Don’t be afraid to say you do not know
• Don’t avoid eye contact

44. Answering Questions
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• Repeat the question
– Answer now/later
– Redirect
– Discussion
• Don’t bluff
– You know
– You don’t know

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Difficult
Questions and Learners
• Argumentative individual
• Loaded questions
• Long-winded
• No good answer

46. Summary
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• Training is a System
• Strive to Improve
• Characteristics of Adult Learners
• The Trainer’s Role
• Teaching Adults
• Learning Styles
• Instructional Strategies
• Instructional Media

47. Summary
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• Do’s
• Planning and Preparation
• Preparation Skills
• Delivery Skills
• Facilitator Responsibilities
• Fatal Mistakes
• Dont’s
• Answering Questions
• Difficult Questions and Learners

48. Summary
• The instructor does not know everything.
• Remember – you are leading a group.
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Questions