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The Learning Practitioner: A performance in five acts. Carolyn Lewis FCIPD. The Learning Practitioner. https://folio.brighton.ac.uk/user/cl78/proposal-the-learning-practitioner-lt728-1
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The Learning Practitioner:A performance in five acts Carolyn Lewis FCIPD
The Learning Practitioner • https://folio.brighton.ac.uk/user/cl78/proposal-the-learning-practitioner-lt728-1 • Has my approach to teaching softer management skills aligned to Employee Relations implementation added value to the student experience? • Are the students stronger and more confident HR professionals as a consequence of facing challenging employees in the interactive case studies? • What impact, if any, has their learning had on their employing organisations?
The Learning Continuum Kolb (after Lewin) aligned with Honey & Mumford (1986)
Training Evaluation Level 1 • Reaction of the trainee – how they felt about the training • Method – ‘happy’ sheets, verbal or written feedback, informal feedback, trainer’s observations
Training Evaluation Level 2 • Learning evaluation – measuring the increase in knowledge and skills acquired: the impact on the individual • Methods – assessments or tests before and after training, interview, self assessment or observation
Training Evaluation Level 3 • Behaviour evaluation- how is new learning being applied in the job role: the impact on the team/service delivery • Methods – observation, self assessment, interview, performance indicators to measure improvement after a time period eg 3 -6 months
Training Evaluation Level 4 • Results evaluation:the impact on the business overall • Methods – usual measures of performance for the business eg profits, productivity, complaints, wastage, errors, growth, quality, employee turnover and stability, sales • = Return on investment (ROI)
Training Evaluation Level 5 • Societal Impact:the contribution of the individual and the organisation • Corporate Social Responsibility; workplace wellbeing; social policy • Kaufmann, Keller & Watkins (1995) • see also Aguinis & Kraiger (2009)
Research Findings • https://folio.brighton.ac.uk/user/cl78/research-findings-lt728
Next steps • There is too little data available to facilitate a rigorous analysis of findings against the literature but potential research objectives include • Does practical intervention with scenario-based events (Scribner, 1983) engender greater understanding of contextual Employee Relations than does observation (Lave & Wenger, 1991)? • To what extent is recognition of learning better facilitated by reflective practice? (Dewey, 1933; Bourner, O’Hara & Barlow, 2000) • Does learning preference impact upon one’s understanding if one’s enjoyment is compromised? (Dick & Johnson, 2002) • What of those students who attended the theory sessions but were not present for the interactive case studies?
References/Bibliography Aguinis H & Kraiger K (2009) ‘Benefits of Training and Development for Individuals and Teams, Organizations and Society’ AnnualReview of PsychologyVolume 60:451–74 Bourner, T, O'Hara, S, & Barlow, J (2000) Only connect: Facilitating reflective learning with statements of relevance.Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 37(1), 68-75 Dewey, J (1933) How We Think: A Restatement of the Relation of Reflective Thinking to the Educative Process (2nd edition). New York: DC Heath Dick, W & Johnson, RB (2002). Evaluation in instructional design: The impact of Kirkpatrick’s four-level model. RA Reiser & JV Dempsey Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology, 145-153 GiangrecoA, Sebastiano A & Peccei R (2009) ‘Trainees’ Reactions to Training: An analysis of the factors affecting the overall satisfaction with training’, The International Journal of HRM, Volume 20(1) pp96-111 Honey, P & Mumford, A (1986); Using your learning styles. Maidenhead: Peter Honey Honey, P and Mumford, A (1992); The manual of learning styles. Maidenhead: Peter Honey
References/Bibliography Kaufman, R, Keller, J, and Watkins, R (1995), ‘What Works and What Doesn’t: Evaluation Beyond Kirkpatrick’, Performance & Instructions, Volume 35(2) pp8–12 Kirkpatrick, DL (1994); Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Kolb, DA (1984); Experiential Learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Lave, J and Wenger, E (1991) Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Lewin K (1942) "Field Theory and Learning" in D Cartwright (ed.) Field Theory in Social Science: selected theoretical papers, London; Social Science Paperbacks, 1951 Scribner, S. (1983, 1997). Mind in action: a functional approach to thinking. Mind, Culture and Activity:Seminal Papers from the Laboratory of Human Cognition. M. Cole, M, Engeström, Y & Vasquez, O (Eds). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press