CAREWare training

1. CAREWare training Adult Learners

2. Approach • Getting It Done • Framework • Concepts vs. Recipes

3. Content • Characteristics of Adult Learners • Motivators and Barriers to Learning • Learning Process: • Motivation • Reinforcement • Retention • Transference

4. Adults As Learners • Autonomous and Self-Directed: Get input and focus on facilitation. Guide to knowledge rather than supplying facts. • Life Experience & Knowledge: Connect new with old • Goal-Oriented: Outcomes are presented and steps to achieve them are clearly defined • Relevancy-Oriented: Be clear about importance • Practical: Not necessarily interested in knowledge for its own sake • Respect: Treat as equals and acknowledge experience

5. Motivators • Social Relationships: meet new people • External Expectations: compliance and fulfilling expectations • Social Welfare: improve ability to serve and participate in the community • Personal Advancement: achieve higher status • Escape/Stimulation: relieve boredom, break routine • Cognitive Interest: learn something new Which motivators apply to your situation?

6. Barriers • Multiple responsibilities • Lack of time • Low interest • No confidence • Scheduling problems Which of these barriers apply? Enhance motivators and decrease barriers

7. Tips • Learning is continuous • People learn at their own speed • Positive reinforcement • Proper timing • Stimulate as many senses as possible

8. Motivation • Set a tone for the lesson: Friendly, open atmosphere • Set appropriate level of concern: Adjust tension to meet the importance of the objective • Set an appropriate level of difficulty: High enough to challenge without frustrating participants through information overload • Predict and reward participation and success: Have expectations

9. Reinforcement • Positive reinforcement is generally used when teaching new skills • Negative reinforcement help to eliminate certain behaviors • Use frequently and regularly early in the process to promote retention of knowledge • Later on use reinforcement only to maintain consistent and positive behavior

10. Retention • Instructor is not finished until the learner has been assisted with retention • In order to retain, must see a meaning or purpose for the information • Must be able to understand, interpret, and apply information • Retention improves if initial learning goes well • After students demonstrate ability to perform, encourage them to practice to retain the information

11. Transference • Ability to use the information in a new setting • Association: participants can associate the information with something they already know • Similarity: information is similar to what participants already know, revisits a logical framework/pattern • Degree of original learning: high original learning leads to high transference • Critical attribute element: information learned contains elements that are critical to the job

12. Content • Characteristics of Adult Learners • Motivators and Barriers to Learning • Learning Process • Motivation • Reinforcement • Retention • Transference

13. Application • When do you see yourself needing to train others? • How do you envision the training environment? • What do you need to be successful?