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Teaching for Safety Trainers

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OSHA Training Guidelines (OSHA 2254 1998)

A. Determine if Training is Needed B. Identify Training Needs C. Identify Goals an Objectives D. Developing Learning Activities E. Conduct the Training F. Evaluating Program Effectiveness G. Improving the Program H. Training must align with Job Tasks

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Tips for Motivating Adult Learners

Involving them in assessing and evaluating training needs

Respect the Time: Keep training short and focused

Tell them upfront the goal and objective of training, and what they will gain from training

Ask them to share their experiences and validate the importance of experience

Give them opportunities of self-directed learning Measure retention of learning through quizzes

and other methods Share summaries of results and feedback

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Teaching Adults: Tools for Safety Trainers

Objectives

At the completion of this session, participants will be able to:

Apply principles of adult learning.

Identify the key elements of andragogy.

Apply Dale’s Cone of Learning to create safety training

Create safety training that effectively reaches adults

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Adult Learning Principles

Definitions

Andragogy- the art and science of helping adults learn.

Pedagogy- the art and science of helping children learn.

Adult Learner- a person more than 18 years old who seeks new skills or information and who exhibits self-direction and autonomy.

Self-direction- the opportunity for a person to determine the ways in which he/she will learn.

Autonomy- achieving the state of self-directed learning and independence.

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Definitions

Learning – 1. the act, process or experience of gaining knowledge or skill.2. Knowledge or skill gained through schooling or study.3. Psychology. Behavioral Modification especially through experience or conditioning. 4. Dental. The process of acquiring knowledge or skill by means of study, practice and/or experience.

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Personal Check-In: Individual Reflection

Learning CharacteristicsList your last five learning experiences. Hint:

Learning need not occur in a formal setting.

Beside each experience, note one way this learning impacted your personal growth.

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Physical Characteristics1. Rank each of the following statements on a scale of 1 to 5: 5 if

it is very true for you, 1 if it is totally false. I’ve noticed that my vision is deteriorating. _____ My reaction time is slower than it was five years ago. _____ I don’t hear as well today as I did five years ago. _____ Health concerns are a major life stressor for me. _____ I seem to tire more easily than I used to. _____ I need more light to read now than when I was younger. _____

2. When you are learning, what physical, environmental, and geographic factors are important to you?

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Roles and Relationships Characteristics

Answer the following questions. What groups have you been a part of this week? What roles have you played in each group? Circle the groups or roles which give you the best

sense of self-esteem. Which of these roles were in conflict this week? Which of these roles would not have been part of

your life five years ago?

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Icebreaker: Adult Learners

Things I know about adult learners…

What I need to know about adult learners…

Adult learns are different from younger learners because…

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1. Adults are motivated to learn as they develop needs

and interests generated by real life tasks or problems.

2. Adult orientation to learning is life- or work-centered.

3. Experience is the richest resource for adult learning.

4. Adults have a deep need to be self-directing.

5. Individual differences among adult learners increase

with age and experience.

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Characteristics of Adult Learners

Learning Characteristics

1. Need to know WHY they need to learn something

2. Adult learning is often self-initiated and aimed at an immediate goal. See learning as Problem Solving.

3. Adults learn and process materials in a variety of ways. Learn through experience.

4. People have preferences in subject matter or skills.

5. Learn best when the topic is of immediate value.

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Experiential Characteristics

1. No adult is the same as any other adult because each has a unique past and a unique perception of that past.

2. An adult’s self-concept is the product of past experiences.

3. Through experiences and past decisions, adults narrow the possibilities open to them in the future.

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Physical Characteristics

1. The adult body enters a catabolic (breaking down) process.

2. Adults have habits.

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Role and Relationship Characteristics1. Adults belong to many groups and play many roles during a

single day and during a lifetime.

2. The motivational needs of adults change in different roles with different developmental tasks. These needs affect relationships.

3. Adults have relationship preferences that influence their sense of self and affect decisions and actions.

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Reality Practice

Return to the Personal Check-In: Individual Reflection. In small groups, identify the characteristics which affect the adults with whom you work.

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Phases of Adult Growth

Phase andAge Range Life Events Life Focus

Leave Home 18-24

Enter college Start full-time job Attend/complete college Find partner

Seek independence andautonomy

Define identity Make new friends

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Step into AdultWorld24-32

Establish home Be selected for a job Join community

activities Marry (option) Become a parent

(option)

Consider self as adult Develop capacity for

intimacy Create a life structure Build a dream Choose a mentor

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Search forStability32-36

Marry (option) Become a parent

(option) Establish children in

school Perhaps return to school Career progress/change

Reexamine relationships,life, commitments

Strive for success Clarify personal goals Set life goals

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Phase and Age Range

Life Events

Life Focus

Come into One’s Own 36-45

Possible separation, divorce, remarriage

Break from mentor Possible big promotion Responsibility for 3

generations

Face reality Acknowledge process of

aging, mortality Reassess relationships,

priorities, values

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Phase and Age Range

Life Events

Life Focus

Settle In 45-60

Settle into height of career

Become mentor Launch children Active community

service Beginning physical

changes

Value one’s choices, lifestyle

Reexamine fit between lifestyle and self

Increased self-awareness and sense of competence

Accomplish life goals

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Second Wind60-70

Loss of partner Health challenges Retirement Volunteer work as

routine Enjoy grandchildren

Accept and adjust toaging

Accomplish life goals Find comfort in self Strong connection to

partner

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Mellowing70+

Increased leisure time Changes in finances New housing situation Loss of partner/friends Shift in daily routine

Search for acceptancerather than despair

Possible disengagementfrom activities

Preparation for loss ofpartner

Review accomplishments

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Checking Out

1. List three characteristics which impacted your learning today. Example: physical—hard chair is uncomfortable or windows to outside help me feel less confined

2. What is one new learning about adult learners that you take away today?

3. How does your life phase affect your motivation to learn new things?

4. Explain how you will apply new knowledge about adult learning to your work with trainees and other adults in the next week.

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