Jeanine O'Neill-Blackwell

Engage

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Trainer's Guide to Learning Styles integrates both the art and science of strong instructional design using learning styles and the activities, tricks, and tips trainers can use to improve skills quickly. Key benefits include: Discover and capitalize on your natural training strengths with the 4MAT Training Style Inventory(r); Reach every learning style with brain-based strategies that increase engagement and retention; Liven up any content with activity structures which appeal to all learning style; Warp speed your design with a simple, 4-step learning styles training mode; and Assess your training impact with easy-to-use assessment tools.

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Discover Your Training Style Strengths and Build Your Skills with Online Tools, Videos, and More

"A superb book that gives learning and development professionals in every industry an automatic must-read. This book is filled with wisdom and insight as well as clear analytic models and real actionable concrete steps." -- Bruce Tulgan, author of It's OK to Be the Boss and Managing Generation X

"Engage takes the innovation of 4MAT(r) and looks at it through the lens of the trainer. An engaging learning experience itself, Engage is full of interactive assessments, links to videos, and foolproof action plans and ideas designed to transform any learning event into a dynamic learning experience."-- Shelley Barnes, executive director, Field Education/Program Development, Aveda Corporation

For any trainer who needs easy-to-apply strategies that are grounded in solid research, Engage offers a hands-on guide to understanding learning styles. It includes a four-step model for engaging all learning styles in any learning situation. The book integrates both the art and research-based science of strong instructional design reaching all learning styles with activities, tricks, and tips that are proven to boost skills quickly.

Filled with illustrative examples and online companion resources, the book explores the brain research that lays the foundation for the book's 4MAT(r) model and includes activities and strategies that can be applied for each step in the process. Engage also gives the reader access to an online version of the 4MAT(r) Training Style Inventory. The results of the assessment give a strengths score in four key training roles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 182mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9781118029435
• ISBN-10: 1118029437
• Artikelnr.: 34424506

Autorenporträt

Jeanine O'Neill-Blackwell is the president and CEO of 4MAT 4Business(R) (4mat4business.com), a training and development company that provides consulting, training, and assessment tools for leaders, managers, and trainers on using the award-winning 4MAT(R) Learning and Leadership Cycle to effectively communicate, lead, train, and coach.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Dr. Bernice McCarthy xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii Chapter 1: What Are Your Natural Training Strengths? 1 The Trainer's Strengths
Job of the Trainer
Value of This Book
Let's Get Started: Taking the Training Style Inventory(r) (TRSI(r))
The Four Training Approaches
Four Trainer Type Assessments
Your Learning Style: What You Look for, You Find
Common Descriptions of Ideal Learning Environments
Your Style: The Four Parts of the Learning Cycle
Summary
Identifying Areas of Opportunity
FAQs
Reflect
Act Chapter 2: The Four Learning Styles in the Room 33 What Is Learning?
Your Learning Style
The 4MAT(r) Learning Styles
Understanding Your Thinking Map
Thinking Strengths of Each Style
Functional Strengths of Each Style
How Your Training Style Relates to the Needs of Each Learning Style
Summary
FAQs
Reflect
Act Chapter 3: 4MAT: The Four Steps of the Learning Cycle 65 A Brief Tour of the Brain
Brain Research on Learning
The Four Steps
Using the 4MAT Model to Design Learning
The First Step: Engage
The Second Step: Share
The Third Step: Practice
The Fourth Step: Perform
Summary
Reflect
Act Chapter 4: Engage: The Art of Creating Powerful Openings 83 What Happens in Engage
Focus 1: Gaining Attention by Linking to What Learners Already Know
Focus 2: Using Questions to Provoke Reflection, Generate Dialogue, and Guide the Movement of the Group
Focus 3: Creating a Safe Learning Environment
Five Ways to Enhance Learner Safety While Building a Sense of Community
Summary
Reflect
Act
Examples of Engage Activities Chapter 5: Share: Animating the Learning Content 125 Two Channels of Delivery: Visual and Verbal
The Verbal Channel: How to Organize Your Lecture
The Visual Channel: Animating Lecture Using Visual Strategies
Animating Lecture with Visual Organizers
Animating Lecture with PowerPoint
Summary
Reflect
Act
Examples of Share Activities Chapter 6: Practice: Building Mastery Through Application 183 Designing Outcome-Based Practice Activities
Facilitating (Setting Up) Activities Effectively
Observing Application
Coaching and Debriefing
Using Questions to Focus the Learner's Attention
Coaching Assessment Tool
Strategies That Work in Practice
Summary
Reflect
Act
Examples of Practice Activities Chapter 7: Perform: Assessing and Implementing 217 What You Are Doing
Encouraging Self-Assessment
Gaining Commitment on Future Action
Setting Up a Post-Training Implementation Plan
The 24/7 Rule
Organizing an On-the-Job Support Team
Choosing On-the-Job Coaches
Summary
Reflect
Act
Activities for Perform Chapter 8: Engaging Virtual Training: How to Maximize Online Learning Impact 249 Designing Your Virtual Session
Engage
Share
Practice
Perform
Summary
Reflect
Act Chapter 9: Begin with the End in Mind 267 Step 1: Clarifying Stakeholder Expectations and Analyzing the Performance Gap
Step 2: Defining the Four Critical Learning Outcomes
Step 3: Working with Subject Matter Experts to Focus Content and Skills Practice
Example: Defining the Outcomes for a Sales Training Course
Engage: Delivering the Value Outcome
Share: Delivering the Knowledge Outcome
Practice: Delivering the Skill Outcome
Perform: Delivering the Adaptation Outcome
Summary
Reflect
Act Chapter 10: Assessment: Integrating Measurement into Training Design and Delivery 299 Evaluating at Four Levels
"On-the-Way" Versus "At-the-Gate" Assessment
Level 1: Value--Evaluating for Learner Reaction
Level 2: Knowledge--Evaluating Knowledge Gained
Level 3: Skill--Evaluating Skills Gained
Level 4: Adaptation--Evaluating Performance and Business Impact
Summary
Reflect
Act Case Studies Aveda 325 The Center for Creative Leadership 329 Grundfos Pumps 335 Holland America Line 339 Next Steps 343 Bibliography 345 Index 349 About the Author 357