Posted on February 18th, 2005 by Camille
Again with the corporate orientation—assuming that there are problems that need to be solved and that individuals can be assessed and then pumped full of the necessary knowledge—gap analysis. Voila-problem solved. Also very management-focused (witness her second and fourth goals for needs analysis—to gain management support and to determine the costs and benefits of training—and [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2005 by Camille
Contrasts models of professional education—“front end loading” of knowledge, skills, abilities, theories that practitioners were thought to need before beginning to practice vs. “practitioner-centered” model that assumes that practitioners continually construct their own understandings of their work which can be enhanced by theory or other critical perspectives that are useful to their work. Foley says [...]
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Posted on February 16th, 2005 by Camille
from Lynton, R.P. and Pareek, K., Training for devlopment, West Hartford, CT: 1990.
More of a corporate model of training—one that sees efficiency as the main goal of training, ROI, notable from language such as “human resources” “An effective training strategy therefore focuses on making training an effective instrument of action in the field” They [...]
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Posted on February 11th, 2005 by Camille
How do you train people–development practioners and devlopment trainers–for learning in an area that is so ambiguous and ever-changing? How do you give people th etools to take their current practice and articulate what they know and learn what they will need ot know? Mann boils this down to three questions:
What is the purpose of [...]
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Posted on February 11th, 2005 by Camille
Kretzman and McKnight oppose the needs-focused or “deficiency model” of most community programs and advocate for an asset or capacity-based focus that takes into account the skills, strengths and capacities of individuals, associations and institutions in a community. Wordy McWord! This is hitting so many recent buttons–the readings we’re doing in the #9 group about [...]
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