Training:
Essential component for success
Acquire necessary skills and understanding
Increase competency of person
Induces desired behavioral changes
Training:
Training is a activity which essentially aimed to
provide attitude, knowledge and skills required for
employment in the particular occupation or group
of occupation for existing a function in any field of
economic activity. (ILO)
Training
“Training is a process by which new skills,
attitudes and knowledge are inculcated , fostered
and reinforced in an organism”
(Lynton & Pareek,1967)
Human resource development
Enhancing skills of farmers & extension professionals
Improving motivation & morale among extension
personnel
To develop a cadre of master trainers
Effective transfer of technology
Pedagogy is derived from the Greek word "paid," meaning
child plus "agogos," meaning leading.
Pedagogyis the art or science of being a teacher. The term
generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of
instruction. Pedagogy is also sometimes referred to as the
correct use of teaching strategies.
Thus, pedagogy has been defined as the art and science of
teaching children.
In the pedagogical model, the teacher has full responsibility
for making decisions about what will be learned, how it will
be learned, when it will be learned, and if the material has
been learned
Pedagogy
Alexander Kapp (a German editor) in 1833, originally introduced
the term andragogy. Andragogy consists of learning strategies
focused on adults.
It is often interpreted as the process of engaging adult learners in
the structure of the learning experience. Later, the term andragogy
developed into a theory of adult education by the American educator,
Malcolm Knowles.
Kapp used andragogy to describe elements of Plato's education
theory.
The first use of the term "andragogy" to catch the widespread
attention of adult educators was in 1968, when Malcolm Knowles,
then a professor of adult education at Boston University, introduced
the term (then spelled "androgogy") through a journal article.
Andragogy
1.Their self-concept moves from dependency to independency or
self-directedness.
2.They accumulate a reservoir of experiences that can be used as
a basis on which to build learning.
3.Their readiness to learn becomes increasingly associated with
the developmental tasks of social roles.
4.Their time and curricular perspectives change from postponed
to immediacy of application and from subject-centeredness to
performance-centeredness.
Assumptions about learners,
Knowles (1980)
Training staff designs the objectives, contents,
teaching techniques, assignments, lesson plans,
motivation, tests, and evaluation.
The focus in this model is intervention by the training
staff
Trainer incorporates experiences where in the learner
becomes active and influences the training process
Emphasizes real or simulated situations in which the
trainees will eventually operate
Objectives and other elements of training are jointly
determined by the trainers and trainees
Trainers primarily serve as facilitators, catalysts, or resource
persons
Experience
(Activity, Doing)
Individually or in groups
Process
(Sharing, comparing,
processing, reflecting)
“What happened?”
Generalizing
(Drawing conclusions)
Identifying general principles
Application
(Planning more effective
post training behaviour)
Theory
Experiential Learning
Cycle
Eg: Paper cut exercise
(James A McCaffery, 1986)
Goals are measured through attainment of a given level of
proficiency instead of passing grades of the trainees
Emphasis is given to acquiring specific observable skills
for a task
Applicable to non formal educational organizations such
as extension
(Elam, 1971)
Pre-service
Training
Induction Training In-service
Training
•Prior toentry in
job
•Soon after
appointment
•During service
span
•Prepares a
person for job
•Tofamiliarize with
philosophy of
organization,
procedure of day-
today work & code
of conduct
•To fill specific
gaps at
different points
of time
Strategy or tactic that a trainer uses
To deliver the content so that the trainees achieve
the objective
For selecting methods in a particular programme
i.Learning objective
ii.Content
iii.Trainees
iv.Practical requirements
(Wentling, 1992)
Lecture -Oral presentation of information
Demonstration-Illustrates a task, procedure or use
of an equipment
Exchange of ideas & thoughts by two or more people
on a selected topic
Discussion
Seminar
Workshop
Symposium Syndicate
Panel
•Seminar - Different aspects of a particular subject
•Workshop - To learn & practice specific skills under
experienced professional guidance
•Symposium -
Gathering of experts whopresent their findings
or ideas on a specific sub-topic related to major
subject
•Syndicate - Investigate a particular problem & to find out
solution
•Panel -
Discussion
Discussion of particular topic bya panel of 3 –5
experts representing different areas of same
subject
Brain Storming-
Group based creativity techniquewhich
encourages lateral thinking around a stated
problem
Field Trip - Direct experience of actual situation
Case Study - Event or problem in real life situation
Simulation
In-Basket
Game
Simulating real life experience
Role Play
1. Role Play
One or group of trainees enact a real life
situation
2. In –Basket
Exercises
Complex work organization where the
participant s are rotated through key roles
3. Games
Structured activity participantscompete within
constraints of rule to achieve an objective
Types of simulation games
i.Gamut-running game –Overcoming obstacles by players
ii.Allocation games-Resource allocation problem
iii.Group interacting game-Human relation problems
iv.General system game-Total system of an organization
5 stages
a.Experiencing (Activity , Doing)
b.Publishing (Sharing reactions & observation)
c.Processing ( Discussion of patterns & dynamics)
d.Generalizing (Inferring principles about real world)
e.Applying (Planning for more effective behaviour)
1.Ring-toss exercise –Risk taking behaviour
(Kurt Lewin)
2.Broken-square exercise –Tendency to collaborate &
compete under intra-team situation
( Pfeiffer & Jones)
3.Tower building exercise –Achievement motivation
(Rosen & D’ Andrad)
Side-by-side training/ one –one training
Take place in work-place
To acquire new skills
Laboratory training/ T-group
Enlighten participants about their own reactions &
inter-personal relation
Each participant an object of study himself
Origin –Yamunapur project, Allahabad Agricultural Institute
Reconstruction effort of Shriniketan, West Bengal
Real boost-CDP (1952)
PAU-1
st
among SAU’s to set up Junior Staff School
Farmers Training & Education Programme (1966-67) for farmers training,
farm –broadcasting & functional literacy
Establishment of KVK’ s
Intensive learning activity
Group of selected farmers
Assisted by competent trainers
To understand & practice the skills in the adoption of new
agricultural technologies
At a place and time suitable for the farmers
(Rao, 1975)
Illiteracy
Low in aspiration with less or no risk -orientation
Migration of farmers from rural to urban areas
More women folks are involved in farming
Failure of trainers to design practical need-based & skill
oriented courses
Extension worker may not have complete knowledge
about different aspect of village community
May not have similar perception & feeling about
village problem
No of extension workers is less
Leaderscan convey messages more convincingly
Can help in enlisting participation of people in
development programme
General awareness related with village work
Motivate local leaders
To indicate in them basic skills of communication &
group work
To provide knowledge & skills in technical subject
matter area relevant to programme
Provide role clarity, sense of purpose & belonging to
organization
Exposure to new knowledge & skills
Strengthening instructional competencies