MODULE 1

• Training objectives - Is the training focused on developing skills, changing attitudes or working to build knowledge? This criteria assesses the primary goals of the training program.
• Available resources - Are there qualified trainers, training materials, facilities, time, and money available?
• Time - What time frame do we have for the training? The duration of the training programme is examined in this criterion.
• Number of trainees - How many trainees do we have for the training?
• Training objectives are specific and measurable goals that tell what learners should achieve at the end of a training program or course.
• Enhancing Knowledge – The basic requirements for facilitating knowledge - based learning are that information is clearly presented and that the learner has enough opportunity to ask questions and to seek clarification
• Building Skills – acquiring the ability to perform a task requires guided practice with feedback.
• Changing Attitudes – activities that promote skill-based learning can also be used to promote attitude-based learning
• Training Small groups tend to be informal, brief, and can be used multiple times.
• Training large groups can be a great way to generate ideas, share perspectives, and build consensus. But they can also be difficult to manage, especially when you have a diverse and complex group of participants
• The amount of time available to a trainer has a direct bearing on the method used to deliver content.
• Facilitator’s experience and skill – the trainer should select those methods s/he can conduct confidently.
• Available resources – (time, money and equipment) Trainers should only choose those methods that can be conducted efficiently using existing resources.
• Brainstorm - This is a method in which the group quickly generates all possible ideas around an issue, accepting all ideas as plausible.
• Icebreakers help to reduce anxiety at the beginning of a training event, and they help participants become acquainted with one another.
• Demonstration - This is a prepared presentation that demonstrates how to perform an act or how to do a procedure.
• Small groups - This technique involves an open exchange of ideas between members of a relatively small group on a topic of mutual concern.
• Fishbowl - In this technique, some members sit in a smaller inner circle and work on an assigned task, while other members sit on the outer circle and observe. Next, the two groups reverse roles. Following the activity is a discussion or feedback session in which both groups share their experiences and observations.
• Role play - is a learning technique in which participants act out situations under the guidance of a trainer.
• Skit/drama is a short play or performance. Participants perform this using a prepared script and dramatize an incident that illustrates a problem or situation.
• Lecturettes is a short lecture. It is a brief, clear talk that provides an explanation of a principle, model, theoretical position, research finding, process, or collection of thoughts that is pertinent to the participants’ current learning needs.
• Field trip/tour - This is a carefully arranged visit to a place of interest to observe and study something firsthand.
• Panel discussion - This is a planned discussion and presentation in which one or more speakers (usually experts or specialists in a content area) present their views on a selected topic before an audience. Discussions usually elicit diverse points of view on a subject topic.
• Apprenticeship is a form of training whereby a trainee is placed under the guidance of a skilled trades/ craftsman and receives training in the skills required for that particular trade.