PSYCHOLOGY OF TRAINING: PSYCHOLOGY OF TRAINING: Understanding the modalitiesUnderstanding the modalities

M. Nazmul HaqM. Nazmul Haq Professor, IERProfessor, IER

University of DhakaUniversity of Dhaka

What is TrainingWhat is Training

It is a process through which behavioural It is a process through which behavioural modifications are made in a systematic modifications are made in a systematic way along with some knowledge and way along with some knowledge and attitudinal aspectsattitudinal aspects

There are 4 constituent parts in training, There are 4 constituent parts in training, i.e., i.e., TrainersTrainers Trainees Trainees Materials Materials Methods Methods

Training Environment

Trainer Materials & Methods Trainee

DEFINITIONDEFINITION Trainer provides Trainer provides

teachingteaching Teaching is the Teaching is the

arrangement of arrangement of information and information and environment to environment to facilitate learning facilitate learning

Trainees modify their Trainees modify their learninglearning

Learning is the Learning is the development of new development of new knowledge, skills, or knowledge, skills, or attitudes when the attitudes when the individual interacts individual interacts with information and with information and environment environment

TYPES OF LEARNINGTYPES OF LEARNING

Cognitive Learning:Cognitive Learning: Knowing, Knowing, KnowledgeKnowledge

Affective Learning:Affective Learning: Feeling, Attitude, Feeling, Attitude, ValuesValues

Behavioural Learning:Behavioural Learning: Doing, Moving Doing, Moving

Training modalitiesTraining modalities

Teaching Teaching Training Training Facilitating Facilitating

TeachingTeaching

It is disseminating information It is disseminating information through conventional waythrough conventional way

Teacher is a person who is expert in Teacher is a person who is expert in content content

Have limited or sufficient skill of Have limited or sufficient skill of delivering information delivering information

A successful teacher may not always A successful teacher may not always be a good trainer be a good trainer

TrainingTraining

It is a systematic process of teaching/ It is a systematic process of teaching/ learning activity to enhance individual’s learning activity to enhance individual’s inherent potential to attain a specific goal inherent potential to attain a specific goal

Providing training is a highly skillful job which Providing training is a highly skillful job which requires an integrated ability of information, requires an integrated ability of information, attention and innovation attention and innovation

A trainer may not be an expert of a subject A trainer may not be an expert of a subject but s/he should have a good grasp of subjects but s/he should have a good grasp of subjects

Training is very much goal oriented and Training is very much goal oriented and specific specific

FacilitatingFacilitating

Facilitation is an artistic approach of Facilitation is an artistic approach of conducting a training where different conducting a training where different peoples are involved peoples are involved

A facilitator is third party who is neither a A facilitator is third party who is neither a trainer or a trainee trainer or a trainee

His/her role is to linkup the bits of His/her role is to linkup the bits of information delivered by individuals information delivered by individuals

Facilitator knows little of information, bit Facilitator knows little of information, bit more delivery skill and lot more wit and more delivery skill and lot more wit and weaving experiences weaving experiences

TRAINING ENVIRONMENT

Physical Environment

Psychological Environment

Social Environment

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

• Room size and sitting arrangement

• Theater style • Conference style • Dining style

• Lighting and sound • Necessary equipments• Sufficient materials

PSYCHOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT

• Setting up learning moods • Attach emotion to the content • Create a feeling of importance • Show up your interest and excitement • Have a good home work

Group/individual activityGroup/individual activity Demonstrate a psychological mood Demonstrate a psychological mood

setting for teaching gardening for setting for teaching gardening for teachers teachers

Demonstrate emotion setting for a Demonstrate emotion setting for a content on guard against cyclone content on guard against cyclone

Describe the importance of teaching Describe the importance of teaching national culture and heritage national culture and heritage

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

• Make the participants familiar with each other • Create a group pressure for learning• Develop a we feeling through various exercises• Do not cross the limit of your social norms

TRIANGULATION OF TRAININGTRIANGULATION OF TRAINING

Every training must corresponds to: Every training must corresponds to: Learners ability and needs Learners ability and needs The learning content and context of The learning content and context of

trainingtraining And the trainer himself/herself And the trainer himself/herself

The trainer

ContentsLearners’

needs

Integration of training, learners and contents

Come downto the learners’level by contentand context

Keep your contentbefitting to learnersand the environment

Change your behaviour accordingly