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4MAT Train the Trainer: 6 Activities for Interactive Lecture |
In the 4MAT model for training design, there are four parts of the learning cycle that the trainer leads the learner through. In the second part, Share, the trainer is focused on delivering new knowledge required to deliver desired performance.
Let’s take a look at what is happening in this step:
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Share: The question is “What?”
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Goal |
Learners understand expert information related to the content.
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Learning Climate |
Organized, focused, and reflective with an opportunity to ask questions.
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Learning Method |
Lecture and interactive discussion on the content.
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You Know it’s Effective When
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Learners are recording, noting and questioning. They are asking clarifying questions and seeking to better understand the bigger ideas.
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Trainer’s Role |
Presenter. |
Source: McCarthy and O’Neill-Blackwell, Hold On, You Lost Me! Use Learning Styles to Create Training that Sticks, ASTD Press, p 25.
How do we, as trainers, create this desired climate? What kind of activities should we use to generate insights and create meaningful dialogue? Here are 6 activities that work with any content. Visit the 4MAT blog to download the free workbook »
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Group Interviews
Learners interview each other on questions related to the information being shared.
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Questions and Answers
To engage learners before or during lecture, learners generate key questions related to the content.
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Lecture processing activity which requires learners to develop a story around the information being shared. Learners are divided into two reporting groups: creative story-telling and "just the facts" reporting.
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Lecture Translator
Presenter pauses periodically during lecture and learners translate lecture into their own words to reinforce key concepts. This works particularly well with high-level technical information lecture.
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Essence
Participants summarize lecture with the intent of identifying the core concepts being shared.
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| Content Voting
Participants generate a list of questions for the session. Participants vote on the questions they are most interested in exploring, related to the topic.
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Cheers,
Jeanine O'Neill-Blackwell
President/CEO, 4MAT 4BUSINESS™ |
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In the 4MAT Delivery model, the trainer plays four roles: Facilitator, Presenter, Coach and Evaluator. Most trainers are stronger in one of these areas. There are specific skills a trainer can focus on developing to improve their delivery skill in each of the four parts of the 4MAT delivery model.
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