Question

Create a lesson plan from the following:

CHAPTER 3 Learning and HRD 67 Learning is a vital aspect of all HRD efforts. Whether you are training a carpenter's apprentice to use a specialized power tool, conducting a workshop o teach managers how to use discipline more effectively, trying to get meat- packers to understand and follow new safety procedures, or promoting career levelopment among your employees, your goal is to change behavion, knowl- es throwgh eaming. Supervisors and HRD professionals who understand the learning process and how to create an environment that facilitates learning can design and implement more effective HRD interventions. The Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, a public utility in northeastern Wisconsin, was recognized as a "training investment leader" in part because they established umerous "learning centers" around the region they serve. major manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, the center of their recent growth. Their CEO, Jim Owens, stated that "learning is essential to our aspiration to be a great company" (p. 32) Michele Burns, CEO of the Mercer consulting firm, has stated: "Leaning is critical because it's so central to placed learming at ntion. We all enjoy feeling that we're worth the investment associated with learning, and any engagement survey you look at points to the desire on the part of every level of employee to leam and grow" (p. 41). With the growth of corporate universities and other learning centers there is a er. This is more than a renaming of the training director's position. new position within the top leadership of many large organizations, namely, chicf leanning Such an individual must emphasize both individual and o objectives, and be able to make effective use of different forms of learning delivery (not just a classroom approach).s As mentioned in Chapter 1, there is nowa certification for HRD professionals, the "Certified Professional in Learning and Performance" (or CPLP™). It is clear that ASTD wishes to place learning at front and center in terms of what to emphasize as a profession, including the use of the term "workplace leaning professional. The purpose of this chapter is to define learning and present the leaning- related issues important to HRD. The topics we will cover include the relation- ship between learning and instruction, methods of maximizing learning, and the importance of recognizing and dealing with various individual differences in the learning process. The issues concening technology and e-leaming will also be discussed at the end of the chapter. LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION Learning is defined as a relatively permanent change in behavior, cognition, or affect that occurs as a result of one's interaction with the environment. Several aspects of this definition are important. First, the focus of leaning is ghange, either y acquiring something new (like skill in conducting meetings) or modifying something that already exists (like a soldier becoming more accurate in shooting a rifle). Second, the change must be long-lasting before we can say learning has occurred. If an administrative assistant can recall the commands needed to create a macro operation in a word processing program on the second day of a training coure but cannot remember them four days later back on the job,

Answer 1

LESSON PLAN

Day Order [Tick the appropriate Box]:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday

Department [Tick the appropriate Box]:

Business Management	Commerce	Business Administration

Hour [Tick the appropriate Box]:

1	2	3	4	5

Subject [Tick the appropriate Box]:

Human Resource Management	Marketing Management	Financial Management

Topic:

• Human Resource Development

Instruction Sequence of the Sub-Topics:

• Defining Learning and Instruction
  • Defining Association
    • Principles that influence the Learning
      • Contiguity
      • The law of Effects
      • Practice
  • Limits of Learning in improving training design
    • Task analysis
    • Component Task Achievement
    • Task Sequencing
  • Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
    • Impact of instructional and cognitive psychology in learning

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Formative Assessment:

Discussion	Question & Answer	Test	Other

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Attendance:

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(Total Time Required: ______hrs.) Signature of the Faculty