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Imagine you work for a manufacturing company. The executives are concerned that the latest safety report shows a 20% increase in accidents. They've asked you to take immediate action and do additional safety training for all employees. The director of HR expressed concern and wants to conduct a needs analysis first.

The way in which different people learn, such as adults as opposed to children, was discussed in this week's reading. Adults learn differently than children: This learning theory is referred to as andragogy, as contrasted with pedagogy, which is the art and science of teaching children. Training programs must use a very different approach than that taken to educating children.

5 main principles MUST be incorporated into the design of training for adult learners:

In short, five principles for the design of training for adult learners are to assume that they do the following:

1. Need to know the why for any training they are asked to undertake.

2. Need to be self-directed in their learning.

3. Bring extensive work-related experiences into the training, which needs to be acknowledged.

4. Enter the training with a problem-centered approach to learning and seek immediate application.

Learn best through Praxis, a Greek word meaning "action with reflection." This suggests that the actual number of repetitions may be less important for adult learners than the opportunity to reflect back and analyze the impact of actions taken. Further, adults often benefit from discussing these reflections with others in training.

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