Train the Trainer

Adult Learning Principles

and Facilitation
Characteristics of Adult Learners
 Self-directing
 Experience becomes
foundation and resource in
learning
 Readiness to learn oriented
to developmental tasks of
social roles
 Need to see immediate
application of knowledge
 Internal motivators
Assumptions about Adult Learners

1. Adults need to know why,

what, and how they will
learn
2. Adults need to learn
experientially
3. Adults approach learning
as problem-solving
4. Adults learn best when the
topic is of immediate
value.
5. Adults view learning as an
active process in the
construction of meaning
Laws of Learning

 Doing
 Effect
 Exercise
 Primacy
How we Learn-Auditory, Visual, Kinesthetic

We learn: We Remember:

 1% through taste  10% of what we read

 1.5% through touch  20% of what we hear

 3.5% through smell  30% of what we see

 11% through hearing  50% of what we see and

hear
 83% through sight  80% of what we say

 90% of what we say as

we act
9 Principles of Adult Learning
R Recency
A Appropriateness
M Motivation
P Primacy
2 2 – way communication
F Feedback
A Active Learning
M Multi-sense learning
E Exercise
Methods of Instruction

Telling
 70% recall 3 hrs
 10% recall 3 days
Showing
 72% recall 3 hrs
 20% recall 3 days
Show & Tell
 85% recall 3 hrs
 65% recall 3 days
 Adult Learners
 are goal-oriented and opportunity driven

 Use their experience to help out their

learning

 Learn best in informal,

pleasant environments
Our Role as Trainers

Expert
Transmits information about a subject to an
audience

Planner
Designs or plans the learning experience or
the learning environment
Our Role as Trainers

Instructor
Guides or directs the learning situation often
telling the student what to do

Facilitator
Responds to the student's needs and lends
guidance and support
Our Role as Trainers

Resource Person
Provides materials and information to the
students
Model Role
Models or influences behavior and values

Co-Learner
Learns along side the student. Mutually plans
the learning goals
Effective Facilitation

 Establish a comfortable learning

environment

 Develop and manage participation

 Deliver a clear and concise

message

 Elicit feedback
Kolb Learning Theory
Kolb LSI
Learning Concrete Compare it
Experience with reality
Cycle
Choose a
model or
goal Identify
problems
Execute a
solution
Accommodating Diverging
Active Reflective
Experimentation Observation

Converging Assimilating Select a

Select a problem
solution
Consider
alternative
solutions
Abstract
Evaluate Conceptualization
consequences
of solutions

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