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Unit 7: Learning in Training

To achieve these purposes, especially internalising of learning, the trainee has to have opportunity Notes
to experiment with what he has learnt, obtain help in aspects where he makes mistakes, and gain
confidence in his own ability to work in other than the old ways. Towards this end he needs to
feel that the instructor and his peers will be sympathetic and not think poorly of him when he
makes mistakes. The instructor has to create this trust in himself and also a degree of tolerance
and understanding of individuals in the group for experimentation and learning. This is the
helping relationship so frequently talked about as being scarce.
The trainees have to become jointly involved in the process of learning, as a group, in order for
these conditions to become possible. It is in the nature of groups to evolve norms and standards
of behaviour, of tolerance or intolerance, of helping, of showing indifference, or of obstructing.
These norms cannot be imposed upon the group; they emerge as a result of instructions among
its members, how they perceive the authority figure who gives, or withholds, his sanctions;
how the organisation induces certain patterns of behaviour. The trainees’ understanding of the
social processes in an organisational or training situation determines the kind of environment
that shall prevail in the programme. The environment can become permissive to learning or
inhibitive. And this would largely depend on the instructor.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
4. The trainee’s receptiveness to learning is closely related to the …………….. of the
organisation.
5. The trainee’s aspirations are directly related to his history, his concept, his abilities, and
his .......................................

6. Learning takes place not through isolated experience but by the reinforcement of the same
experiences of similar ones in a …………….............. series.

7.3 Designing Effective Training Programs

The effectiveness of Training can be defined in terms of learning being quick and sustained,
effectively used, leading to creativity, and the development of a capacity for self-learning. The
following conditions are conducive to such learning:
 Authentic and open system at the training institution
 Non-threatening climate
 Challenging learning tasks

 Collaborative arrangements for mutual support of learning
 Organization of graduated experiences of challenging successes
 Mechanisms for supportive and quick feedback

 Opportunities to practise skills learned
 Opportunities to apply learning
 Opportunities for and encouragement of self-learning
 Opportunities and support for experimentation
 Emphasis on learning through discovery

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