LIFELONG LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE CHRISTOPHER KNAPPER We live in times of unprecedented technological and social change that have profound implications for the nature of work‚ the workplace and our working lives. Adaptability to shifting circumstances and readiness to learn new workrelated knowledge and skills have become almost more important than competence at the tasks for which we were hired. Workers must now be able to deal not just with issues for which they were trained‚ but also to
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Assignment 5 – Learning Theories People have been trying to understand the learning process for over 2000 years. It was discussed and debated at great length by the Greek philosophers such as Socrates (469 – 399 BC)‚ Plato (427 – 347 BC) and Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) (Hammond et al‚ 2001). This debate has carried on through the ages and still goes on today with a multitude of viewpoints on the purpose of education and how best to encourage learning to eventuate. Plato and his disciple Aristotle
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business requires learning organisations. CEO of British Petroleum Company John Browne (1995) says “Learning is at the heart of a company’s ability to adapt to rapidly changing environment.”(p.148) Many approaches are being articulated to build learning organisations. In this work‚ three articles which portray suggestions to build a learning organisation are being reviewed‚ critically analysed‚ and compared and contract. 2. The Literature Search Key words: Organisational learning‚ organisational
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Adult learning is a complex subject that in recent years has become more of a necessity than a personal pursuit. There are three factors present in the American society today that necessitate the need for adult learning. These factors are: Dramatic changes in demographics‚ the global economy‚ and technology. (5) Demographics are concerned with growth and development of adult learners and emerging groups of learners with special needs. There are more adults in our society than ever before and the
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As centuries changes‚ so too does the learning styles of students’ changes. Hence different learning theories such as behaviorism‚ cognitivism‚ and constructivism have been used to improve learning‚ performance and class involvement of student. Each of theories has distinctive features based on their individual perspectives of the learning process. In this essay‚ I will mainly discuss 3 things: 1) the main tenet of behaviorism and constructivism‚ 2) a comparison between cognitive and constructivism
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Learning Styles Justin Haase American Public University 3/24/13 Introduction Different students have different learning styles. In this essay‚ I will be examining various learning styles as presented by Learning Style Inventory (Penn State‚ 2010). and Index of Learning Styles (Felder & Soloman‚ n.d.). I will discuss the aspects of the various leaning styles different students have‚ and the study methods most beneficial to the students. I have taken the inventories‚ and received the results
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Evaluating Learning & Development Activities Welcome‚ L&D team‚ to today’s Lunch & Learn. I hope you’ve enjoyed your lunch‚ now for the learning. We’ll be discussing the benefits of evaluating L&D activities and this handout covers 5 points: 1. Glossary of terms 2. Defining the purpose of evaluation (stakeholders’ perspective) 3. Return on Investment and how it can be measured (example included) 4. Approaches to evaluation 5. Evaluation tools 1. Glossary
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Question 1 Learning Organization according to Samson & Daft (2009‚ pg. 36)‚ can be achieved by creating an organizational climate that values experimentation and risk taking‚ applies current technology‚ tolerates mistakes and failure‚ and rewards non-traditional thinking and the sharing of knowledge. Discussing the extent of TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) being a learning organization‚ two characteristics most popularized by Peter Senge in his book The Fifth Discipline that can be highlighted
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Learning Theories There are many different types of learning theories that are used to help guide individuals through the teaching and or learning process. It has been developed that individuals develop through stages of learning until he or she can reason logically on their own. The two learning theories this paper will focus on is the conditions of learning theory originated by Robert Gagne and the model of discovery learning originated by Jerome Bruner. Gagne’s theory recognizes that there
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Learning Preferences GEN 105 Describe your strongest dimension on the personality spectrum. My strongest dimension on the personality spectrum was kinesthetic. I think that the results of this test best describes the way that I learn best. Kinesthetic learning style refers to a way of acquiring knowledge in which the learner uses sense of movement to gain information about the world. This learning style is sometimes referred to as kinesthetic-tactile. Kinesthetic learners tend to loose interests
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