Developing Professional Capability Flashcards
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What is pedagogy?
Based on the idea of teaching specific tasks to help children prepare to learn additional, more complicated tasks.
Traditional classroom approach.
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What are the key assumptions of pedagogy?
The instructor is the expert.
The instructor is responsible for all aspects of the learning process.
Instruction is content-centered.
Motivation is external.
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These are the key assumptions of what teaching technique?
The instructor is the expert.
The instructor is responsible for all aspects of the learning process.
Instruction is content-centered.
Motivation is external.
Pedagogy
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What learning technique focuses on the traditional classroom that is based on the idea of teaching specific tasks to children to help prepare them to learn additional, more complicated tasks?
Pedagogy
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What is andragogy?
Knowles’s theory suggests that adult learning is characterized by classes where the teacher and student are seen as equal.
Learners have more control over how and when they learn.
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What learning theory suggests that adult learning is characterized by classes where the teacher and student are seen as equal and learners have more control over how and when they learn?
Andragogy
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What are the six key assumptions of Knowles’s andragogy theory?
The Need to Know The Learner’s Self-Concept The Role of the Learner’s Experience Readiness to Learn Orientation to Learning Motivation
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What is the “need to know” assumption in andragogy theory?
Adults need to know why something is important and why they should invest time in a learning event. Therefore, it’s important that learners know the purpose for training and how it will affect them as early as possible.
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What is the “learner’s self-concept” in the andragogy theory?
Learners enter learning situations with a self-concept of who they are. They see themselves as self-directing, responsible grown-ups, and don’t like taking directions from others. Therefore, it is critical to help learners identify their needs and direct their own learning experience.
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What is the “role of the learner’s experience” in the andragogy theory?
Adults can draw on their own life experiences to make sense of new learning. They have a great deal to contribute. Thus, adult educators must look for ways to build on and make use of participants’ hard-earned experience and knowledge while promoting group learning.
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What is the “readiness to learn” assumption in the andragogy theory?
Adults need to see how a learning experience is relevant to their needs. Showing learners how learning will help them to cope with their work or personal life will increase their readiness to learn.
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What is the assumption “orientation to learning” in the andragogy theory?
Adults are practical and willing to devote energy to learning things they believe will help them to perform better or solve problems. Adult educators should invest time in learning the needs and interests of the learners so that they can develop and adapt the content in response to their needs.
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What is the “motivation” assumption for the andragogy theory?
Adults respond best to internal motivators such as job satisfaction, self-esteem, and quality of life. When a specific need arises that has intrinsic value or personal payoff, adults are more motivated to learn. Andragogy practitioners should link learning with internal motivations.
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Who developed the andragogy and pedagogy techniques/theories for learning?
Malcolm Knowles
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Who developed the “learner centered approach” to teaching?
Carl Rogers
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What is the learner centered approach?
Learners are involved from start to finish and can choose what to study.
TD pros must include active-learning techniques and keep learners engaged
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What are the key assumptions of the learner-centered approach?
learners want to control what and how they learn
learners can be trusted to develop their own potential
learners should be encouraged to choose both the type and direction of their learning.
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What is the facilitator’s role in the learner-centered approach?
Establish the initial climate by clarifying the purpose of the session.
Plan the widest possible range of resources to address needs as they arise.
Limit lectures and incorporate activities that involve learners.
Be prepared to show learners what’s in it for them.
Build-in time for open discussion.
Create a welcoming and friendly environment.
Prepare discussion questions that help the facilitator to be a guide, not an expert.
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What is the Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Model?
Contends that people have complex needs that they strive to fulfill, and those needs change and evolve. Individuals achieve the next level of the hierarchy only after lower-level needs have been satisfied.
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What are the levels of needs in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
Top: Self-actualization – the need to excel
Esteem – the need to be recognized by others
Belonging – the need for friends and family
Safety – the need to be safe and stable
Bottom: Physiological needs – the need for food, drink, sex, and sleep
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Needs related to which level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs relates to the opportunities for growth and achievement?
Self-actualization
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What area of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs model should TD pros focus?
Self-Actualization
establishing an appropriate climate to help satisfy the need to excel
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What is Patricia Cross’s “Chain of Response”?
Motivation to participate is the result of a person’s perception of both positive and negative forces.
Participation in learning events affects how individuals feel about learning and their outcomes.
Higher-order needs for achievement and self-actualization can’t be fulfilled until lower-order needs for security and safety are met.
Expectations of reward are important to motivation.
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How does Patricia Cross define the “Characteristics of Adult Learners (CAL)”?
Talent development professionals should capitalize on participant’s experience.
Adults should have maximum choice in what to learn.
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What role does neuroscience play in adult learning?
− Neuroscience has a significant impact on psychology and learning.
− It looks at thought, emotion, and behavior using technology and then uses biology to describe what happens in the brain.
− Using a scientific method approach can help talent development professionals determine whether something attributed to neuroscience is actually cognitive science.
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What are the three domains of learning in Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy?
o Cognitive domain (knowledge)
o Psychomotor domain (skills)
o Affective domain (attitude)
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What are the six levels of behavior in Bloom’s Taxonomy?
o remembering o understanding o applying o analyzing o evaluating o creating.
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What is the Cognitive Domain (Blooms)?
Also known as knowledge
involves the development of intellectual skills
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What is the psychomotor domain in Blooms?
Also known as skills
Refers to the use of motor skills to accomplish a task
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What is the Affective Domain (Bloom’s)?
Also known as attitude
Refers to how people react to things emotionally
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What are Robert Gagne’s five types of learning?
o Intellectual skills o Cognitive strategy o Verbal information o Motor skills o Attitude
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What are Robert Gagne’s nine events of instruction?
o Gain attention of the learners. o Inform learners of the objectives. o Stimulate recall of prior learning. o Present the content. o Provide learning guidance. o Elicit performance. o Provide feedback. o Assess performance. o Enhance retention and transfer to the job.
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What is “Intellectual Skills” in Gagne’s theory?
The concepts, rules and procedures to perform a task
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What is “cognitive strategy” (Gagne)?
Strategies employed by learners to take in, retain, and apply their knowledge
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What is “verbal information” (Gagne)?
The information the learner can declare that they will use to make sense of new information
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What is “Motor skills” (Gagne)?
Carrying out practical tasks or following a procedure
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What is “attitude” (Gagne)?
Bias or values that influence a learner’s action toward something
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What are the 3 events that are in the “Preparation” phase of Gagne’s 9 events of instruction?
Gain attention
Inform the learners of the objectives
stimulate recall of prior knowledge
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What are the 4 events in the “instruction and practice” phase of Gagne’s 9 events of instruction model?
Present the stimulus
Provide learning guidance
Elicit performance
provide feedback
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What are the last two events in the “Assessment and Transfer” phase of Gagne’s 9 events of instruction model?
Assess performance
Enhance retention and transfer
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What is Robert Mager known for?
the use of specific, measurable objectives that guide designers during course development, trainers during facilitation, and participants during the learning process
behavioral or performance objectives
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what are criteria-referenced objectives?
measuring the ability of the learner to meet specific criteria upon completion of the learning
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what are the components of a behavioral objective?
performance: the behavior written as a specific, observable action, described using a verb
condition: describes the setting under which the behavior is performed and should include the tools or assistance required
criteria: describes the level of performance and should be stated by including an acceptable range of allowable answers
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define the performance component of a behavioral objective.
behavior written as a specific, observable action, described using a verb.
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define the condition component of a behavioral objective
describes the setting under which the behavior is performed and should include the tools or assistance required.
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define the criteria component of behavioral objectives
describes the level of performance and should be stated by including an acceptable range of allowable answers
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what is the Hermann Ebbinghaus forgetting curve?
the process of forgetting or “memory decay” happens naturally and in a uniform way.
The forgetting curve shows that more than half of memory is forgotten within an hour.
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how can you arrest or reduce memory decay?
techniques like mnemonics and repetition
designing recall opportunities for learners over intervals of time
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What is Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory based on?
the influence of media in modeling behavior
incorporating modeling into teaching helps learners learn new patters or reduce existing ones
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how can TD pros use Bandura’s social cognitive theory
by designing experiences that enable a facilitator to model ideal behavior
to create experiences where participants model behaviors
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what are the three most influential learning theories?
behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism
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what is behaviorism?
it’s about predicting and controlling behavior
focuses on observable behaviors and suggests that learning happens when associations between stimuli and responses are strengthened or weakened
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what is the objective of behaviorism?
to shape behavior through reinforcement until the learner internalizes the reinforcement so that new behavior is rewarding by itself
such as training a dog
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what does B.F. Skinner’s theory of operant conditioning suggest?
that behavior is shaped by the consequences of reinforcement or punishment
information to be learned is divided into small steps; as learners respond at each step, they are immediately told if the answer is right or wrong. learners progress through the materials and their behavior is gradually shaped until the objective is achieved
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what are the advantages of behaviorism?
The results of applying behaviorist methods are observable.
It works best for helping learners to acquire behavioral skills.
Behaviorism ensures behavioral practice, not just theory.
Behaviorist learning methods establish objectives that are clear and unmistakable.
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what is cognitivism?
about how people think and remember
focuses on mental processes that involve how people perceive, think, remember, learn, solve problems, and react to one stimulus rather than another.
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what is the cognitive approach based on?
the principle that learning occurs primarily through exposure to logically presented information and retrieval or rehearsal leads to retention
Cognitivism represents a shift from a focus on behavior to the organization of memory and thinking. For cognitive scientists, the basic model of the mind is an information-processing system.
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what is the difference in behaviorism and cognitivism?
While behaviorists identify “thinking” as a behavior, cognitivists argue that how people think has an impact on their behavior and, therefore, cannot be a behavior itself.
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how can TD pros use cognitivism?
to build on the behavioral approach. This will help them expand their range of strategies and tactics for creating development options for learners.
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what are the advantages of cognitivism?
Cognitivism focuses on thinking skills.
It emphasizes foundational knowledge.
It believes in building a base of information, concepts, and rules.
It provides the rationale upon which action is based.
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what is constructivism?
Constructivism focuses on knowledge acquisition through experiences and interactions with the environment.
Learners construct knowledge from assimilation and accommodation
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what is assimilation?
incorporating a new experience into an already-existing framework without changing that framework
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what is accommodation?
the process of reframing one’s mental beliefs of the external world to fit new experiences.
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when might a learner change their perceptions of the experiences to fit their internal beliefs (or accommodate)?
when the individual experiences a contradiction to their internal beliefs
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what should TD pros know when using the constructivism?
Constructivists also believe that learners are motivated to learn only when they believe they can be successful. And yet constructivism also describes a process by which failure leads to learning.
Training then involves carefully designed experiential opportunities similar to what learners encounter in the real world.
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what are the advantages of constructivism?
Constructivism is discovery oriented.
It builds learner understanding with real-world relevance.
It allows for differences in learner backgrounds and experiences.
Constructivist learning methods have facilitators guide learners through the learning process.
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how should TD pros choose activities or methods?
depending on the learning objective (Bloom’s taxonomy)
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what are course objectives based on?
Bloom’s taxonomy
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what phase are the course objectives determined?
analysis and design
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what are the technology options for learning?
- Presentation software − Interactive presentation software − Collaboration tools − Simulation tools − Immersive technologies − Artificial Intelligence (AI) − Course management tools − Video-producing software − Content-capture tools
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when choosing a technology for the learner, what should it be aligned to?
the learning objectives
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what is classroom training?
when all participants are in the same room or virtually for students in different locations
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what is presentation software?
can help embed videos, verbal files, customized animation, or high-rez pictures to enhance a presentation beyond PowerPoint and Prezi
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what is interactive presentation software?
provides an opportunity to gain more audience participation online or with live audiences through voting, quizzes, trivia, games, and creating word clouds
Menti and mural
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what are collaboration tools?
allow the participants to exchange documents online, provide feedback, and even project them on more than one screen.
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what are simulation tools?
allow the presentation of experiential learning scenarios, and learners can practice in a computer-generated setting.
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what are immersive technologies?
allow learners to be immersed so that they feel as if they are experiencing the actual learning environment.
such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) or a combination of both
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what is artificial intelligence?
accommodates remote and on-the-go employees with a wide range of applications, including personalized and adaptive learning.
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what are course management tools?
allow supporting online components for prework, downloadable tools, assignments, or a discussion board.
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what is video producing software?
adds additional audio, stylish fonts, highlighted graphics, and other eye-catching tricks to customize any story.
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what are content-capture tools?
allow recording of delivery and development discussions from computers to be uploaded for participants’ future use.
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what is a course objective?
state what participants will be able to do differently as a result of the training or other development. Every concept, skill, or behavior should be identified with an objective.
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what is a terminal objective?
represent what learners must master before completing the course.
Terminal objectives are the final behavioral outcomes of a specific learning event.
They describe the intended competencies for the unit, lesson, course, or program for which they were written.
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what is another name for a terminal objective?
performance objective
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what is an enabling objective?
support the terminal objectives by breaking them down into more manageable chunks.
They are building blocks, providing the additional concepts or skills needed to meet the terminal objective.
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to master one terminal objective, learners must master _________.
several subordinate objectives called enabling objectives
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what are the three domains in writing learning objectives?
o knowledge or cognitive learning
o skills or psychomotor
o attitude or affect.
often shortened to KSAs