This is a book of essays about training, taken from the author’s extensive experience of consulting to training organizations. The essays are organized around issues that commonly come up in designing training and they can be read independently of each other. The essays are intended to make the trainers think; they offer much-needed perspective on what trainers do, why they do it, and how they do it. It will also serve as a kind of index into issues that perplex instructional designers and could be used as something to read before trainers get started on a particular kind of problem dealt with by an given essay. In addition, each essay will include with practical guidance in the form of sumary of ideas, tips and techniques, things to think about, checklists, and other job aids. The book will feature essays on: training people for things they are supposed to not do training people for things they will never get to practice. training people who donâ??t want to be trained (e.g., teachers) training people for fundamentals training people to handle people training people to be handled training people to do something really complex training people to satisfy the CEO/CFO training people for certification training people to avoid mistakes training people to be nice training people to communicate training people for things that might come up later on in life.
Book Details:
- Author: Roger C. Schank
- ISBN: 9780470366677
- Year Published: 2005
- Pages: 320
- BISAC: BUS066000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Training
About the Book and Topic:
This is a book of essays about training, taken from the author’s extensive experience of consulting to training organizations. The essays are organized around issues that commonly come up in designing training and they can be read independently of each other. The essays are intended to make the trainers think; they offer much-needed perspective on what trainers do, why they do it, and how they do it. It will also serve as a kind of index into issues that perplex instructional designers and could be used as something to read before trainers get started on a particular kind of problem dealt with by an given essay. In addition, each essay will include with practical guidance in the form of sumary of ideas, tips and techniques, things to think about, checklists, and other job aids. The book will feature essays on: training people for things they are supposed to not do training people for things they will never get to practice. training people who donâ??t want to be trained (e.g., teachers) training people for fundamentals training people to handle people training people to be handled training people to do something really complex training people to satisfy the CEO/CFO training people for certification training people to avoid mistakes training people to be nice training people to communicate training people for things that might come up later on in life.
The training industry is full of “how-to” technical books, but very light on books that give perspective. Not surprisingly, most training organizations have a similar problem.What they need is to step back and see if the problems they have are specific to training, and if they really do need a technological solution. Knowing what can and cannot be taught would be helpful. Understanding how people think and learn would be helpful. Understanding what technology can really effectively provide is important as well. This book offers perspective on all three points and much more, plus prescriptive advice on how to do it and what to look for.
HIGH-PROFILE AUTHOR. Schank is one of the most highly respected thinkers, writers, and speakers in the training, learning, and e-learning communities for the past 15 years. TIMELY. Times are tough for trainers, both because of severe budget cuts and the changing nature instruction. This book will help trainers step back, gain new perspective on everyday training problems, and help trainers understand the real issues. PRACTICAL. In addition to featuring engaging (and true) stories that illuminate or underscore various aspects of training, each essay will feature a full complement of tips and techniques, summary of ideas, “think about this,” and checklists, and other job aids that will help readers apply what they learn from the essays.
About the Author
Roger Schank is the director of the Institute for the Learning Sciences (ILS) at Northwestern University, is a leader in the field of artificial intelligence and multimedia-based interactive training. His work stresses the value of learning from experts and developing skills, rather than perfecting routines, and applying the benefits of “just-in-time” training. Schank is a strong critic of today’s educational system and training methodologies. His approach to learning and training in a corporate settings involves helping people learn by doing, allowing people to make mistakes in a safe learning environment, and sharing war stories with leading teachers and experts. This effort has led to his highly successful role as a teacher, consultant, and lecturer, as well as developer of extremely powerful and effective multimedia training tools. Schank holds three faculty appointments at Northwestern University, as John Evans Professor of Computer Science, Education and Psychology. Previously he was a professor of computer science and psychology at Yale University and director of the Yale Artificial Intelligence Project. Schank is the author of more than 125 articles and a dozen books. He currently resides in Palm Beach, Florida.