THE OUTLINE OF EVALUATION TRAINING PROGRAM

Abstract

Training is a method of enhancing human performance. Whenever a person's ability to perform a job is limited by a lack of knowledge or skill, it makes sense to bridge that gap by providing the required instruction. The problem begins with the notion that learning something you don't already know requires another person (a trainer) or medium (a book, a computer) to provide it. Active training occurs when the participants do most of the work. If you neatly package the information or elegantly demonstrate the skills, you, not the participants, are doing “the work” for them. No one is suggesting that well-designed instruction is unnecessary. The key to effective training, however, is how the learning activities are designed so that the participants acquire knowledge and skill rather than merely receive them. In order for people to learn something well, they must hear it, see it, question it, discuss it with their peers, and do it. They may even teach it to someone else in order to solidify their understanding of the information or skill.