Approaches to learning and learning logs
Featured in the Developing People: The Manager's Role training manual
By Caroline Love
Category: People Management and Motivation
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
As developers of people we need an understanding of how our staff approach learning. In order to do this, we must be aware in the first instance how we approach learning ourselves. If we want to create explicit learning opportunities for our staff, we have to identify with them how they can best develop a proactive approach to learning.
After a short introduction, the participants consider the four approaches to learning; intuitive, incidental, retrospective and prospective. They then work alone on a self-assessment questionnaire to identify their own current preferred approach to learning. Participants move on to discover strategies for becoming proactive learners, develop learning logs and to test out their learning logs using their own experiences. The final part of the training activity asks participants to work with a partner to prepare for applying learning in practice.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to help participants to decide whether they are reactive or proactive learners, and how to encourage their staff to be more proactive.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 02:35:00 |
| No of Pages: | 18 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers as part of a programme on developing people: the manager’s role. When you use it will depend on your overall programme objectives and the other planned activities. Include in the planning a variety of activities for participants. The training activity can also be used as part of a self-development or management programme, or in a programme for training trainers.
Download the training activity, Approaches to learning and learning logs as featured in the Fenman training manual; Developing People: The Manager's Role