Styles of Training

Styles of Training – something you may wish to think about 

Let’s look at what trainers do:

1. Procedural statements
a. ‘Raise you right hand in front of you and then move it up above your head….etc’
2. Demo
a. ‘Watch me and observe the right procedure. First, you begin with…..then……’
3. Giving Information, sometimes using rhetorical questions?
4. Seeking Information. This can be done by asking questions
a. Direct question – to someone
b. Indirect question – posed to the group
c. Relay question – who would like to answer this?
d. Reverse question – And what do you think?
5. Summarizing, ’so let confirm where we are so far’
6. Check Learning – quizzing / testing

At a process level, trainers tend to:

a) Propose
b) Build on an existing proposal
c) Agree
d) Disagree
e) Bring in – ‘what do you think, John?’
f) Shut out – ‘let’s hear what Jane has to say first, Peter’

Depending on what situation you find yourself, you would need to vary the intensity of 1-6.

As a teacher, you would be doing a lot of  giving information, and check learning.
As a driving instructor, you would be doing a lot of demo/procedural statements.
As a facilitator, you would be doing a lot of seeking information.

Varying your style for each learning event is what’s important especially in adult pedagogy.