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A teacher who doesn't preface their session by finding out something about their students FIRST is going about it the wrong way.
Teaching adults is different than kids by a long shot, huge amounts of experience can be present in the class, as well as absolute numpties...finding out who's who and what's what is very important!
I always tell my groups that safety (risk assessments, PPE, work methods) will be a big part of what's going to happen during the course, the reasons are that the awarding body I teach for requires it to cover liability should there be an incident, and, and I think somewhat more importantly, it gives a depth of knowledge and a benchmark that either never existed or is a timely reminder for those who might have become complacent. I always stress that this is training and now is the time to practice, ask questions and get comfortable. It also a time to share different ideas, once the basics have been laid down.
If someone is teaching a standardized, certified course, there is a set syllabus and it must be covered in order for the assessment to be valid...it does limit things to some degree, but I also tell folks that they will come across different ways of doing things, that this is the basics and tried and tested methods that will work.
Once people are back out in the workplace, at least they are armed with that extra knowledge of what COULD happen, and may decide to do things a bit differently, adjust a technique, add a bit of PPE, whatever...if they don't, well at least they can't say they didn't know!
Training is only a foundation, and foundations are meant to be built upon...if the foundation is sound the rest added over the years will hold.
A teacher who doesn't preface their session by finding out something about their students FIRST is going about it the wrong way.
Teaching adults is different than kids by a long shot, huge amounts of experience can be present in the class, as well as absolute numpties...finding out who's who and what's what is very important!
I always tell my groups that safety (risk assessments, PPE, work methods) will be a big part of what's going to happen during the course, the reasons are that the awarding body I teach for requires it to cover liability should there be an incident, and, and I think somewhat more importantly, it gives a depth of knowledge and a benchmark that either never existed or is a timely reminder for those who might have become complacent. I always stress that this is training and now is the time to practice, ask questions and get comfortable. It also a time to share different ideas, once the basics have been laid down.
If someone is teaching a standardized, certified course, there is a set syllabus and it must be covered in order for the assessment to be valid...it does limit things to some degree, but I also tell folks that they will come across different ways of doing things, that this is the basics and tried and tested methods that will work.
Once people are back out in the workplace, at least they are armed with that extra knowledge of what COULD happen, and may decide to do things a bit differently, adjust a technique, add a bit of PPE, whatever...if they don't, well at least they can't say they didn't know!
Training is only a foundation, and foundations are meant to be built upon...if the foundation is sound the rest added over the years will hold.
