3pdlb Learning Principles

3PDL F210B
Debbie White
CIPD Preparing and Designing Learning and Development Activities
Activity 1

The Learning Cycle Principles
It is understood that in order for adults to learn in an effective manner certain needs need to be taken into account. This can be their personal psychological reasons i.e. their sense of purpose for learning. Also the environment in which they learn is a key consideration, for example the freedom to make mistakes in a safe environment. Kolb’s Learning Cycle describes 4 stages all adults need to go through to have effective learning, Experiencing, Observing and Reflecting, Thinking & Abstract Concepts and finally Experimenting with the new concepts.

4 Styles of Learning and Potential Barriers
* Theorists; like to think problems through, they like to consider problems from a logical perspective and enjoy models, principles and finding the ‘right’ answer * Pragmatists; are practical and down to earth, they like to know how things will work in the real world and want to find solutions which quickly.
Barriers to Learning; * Using a single teaching method that only appeals to one of the learning styles discussed above. This would alienate candidates who had a different preference than the one selected by the trainer who can fall into trap of choosing the learning style they enjoy the most. * Safe environment; by this I mean it is important that candidates feel emotionally safe in order to be confident is participating, speaking up or group work, often past bad experiences can knock a learners confidence

4 Organisational Factors which can impact on the design of L&D activities Before an organisation can embark on training there are a numbered of considerations they need to make to ensure the training is effective within the resources they have and also to stay on the right side of
The relevance of Legislation to the design of L&D activities * Equal Opportunities; considerations need to be made to ensure that training is available in a fair and equal manner to all the work force such taking into account the needs of a person with a disability such as hearing or seeing impairments may need adjustments or extra resources, wheel chair users will need suitable access to training rooms. * Health and Safety; in this instance the training will need to fulfil legal requirements and so the subject needs to be to the letter of the law and training records kept. Also to consider is that training activities are conducted in a safe way and in some cases for example outdoor activities may need a Risk Assessment. * Data Protection; it sometimes the case that sensitive material may be needed to be used within a training session such as discussing HR issues and using real examples can be useful to a class, however the trainer will need to check that all information that could come under the DP act is not compromised such as blocking out names and addresses etc of live