Eleanor O'Carroll

Train the Trainer

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Essential guide for those who wish to unlock their potential as a professional trainer. Learn how to develop your confidence, conquer your fear of public speaking and refine your skills.
Train the Trainer gives guidance on each stage of the Training Cycle, i.e. identifying training needs, designing training, delivering training and evaluating training; presents good training practice; explains the importance and relevance of different kinds of learning, including experiential and task-based learning; encourages reflective practice and continuous professional development; describes how to identify training needs, devise learning objectives and prepare and plan appropriate training methods to achieve those objectives; outlines how to plan, prepare and deliver a dynamic and thought-provoking presentation using a variety of resources.
The book contains a completed sample training needs analysis (TNA) document and provides instruction on how to develop and implement appropriate assessment and evaluation methods.
The appendices include a quick Inventory of Activities that is useful for Group Training Scenarios and ideas for Activities for Train the Trainer Course Tutors to use on courses.
Ideal for all those involved in professional training and for students on Train the Trainer courses.
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318 printed pages
Original publication
2012
Publication year
2012
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  • Aisling O Dwyerhas quoted8 years ago
    specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time conditions that are necessary for the learning to be accurately assessed. There is no information about minimum pass rates, length of assignments, the degree to which the candidate will be judged on performance, the allocation of marks for each part of the assessment and the methods used to conduct the assessment. Unless you have clearly defined assessment criteria, you will stand very little chance of carrying out any effective evaluation, as results will be vague, inaccurate and insubstantial
  • Aisling O Dwyerhas quoted8 years ago
    Formative/continuous assessment
    Formative/continuous assessment is based on assessment methods conducted throughout a course on an ongoing basis. It is sometimes referred to as educative assessment. It can be conducted by a trainer to comment on general progress but is not necessarily the method best used for grading purposes. It can relate to a series of different assessment types, both formal and informal, such as practical demonstrations, observations during course time, progress tests, written reports, case studies, group projects, session participation, etc. Formative assessments are diagnostic.
    Summative assessment
    Summative assessment is based on assessment or a final examination carried out at the end of a course or training programme. It is typically used to assign a trainee a final course grade, either numerically or through the marking scheme in operation (e.g. pass, fail, merit) in accordance with assessment criteria. Summative assessments are evaluative. Within the context of summative assessment there are notions of performance-based assessment and forward-looking assessment. Performance-based assessment focuses on achievement. Forward-looking assessment is a method of presenting people with hypothetical future situations and
  • Aisling O Dwyerhas quoted8 years ago
    Assessment is the process of documenting knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs, usually in measurable terms. The term ‘assessment’ is generally used to refer to all processes used to gauge progress in learners

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