Training on Adult Learning
We would like to convey our gratitude to Dr. Soumitra Dutta, Program Manager India, Freedom from Hunger Trust, who was our main facilitator for the training program on Adult Learning Principle and Techniques. The training was organized at Center of Excellence, Guwahati on 1st and 2nd December 2016. Dr. Dutta had been associated with Adult Learning as a purpose of delivering health education in women groups. But yes, such principles can be used in livelihood programs also for which both the Golden team, the HR team and the Spice team participated in the program to make the most of its learning received can be applied at our working villages during community meetings or in SHGs. He stressed on two components mainly content and process which are important while conveying any message within an adult group. we must treat adults with utmost respect and listen to them to make any kind of training participatory.
Pic. Dr. Dutta during the training program
He taught us all the 9 principles involved in Adult Learning with illustrative examples to make our concept clear. He also organized 2 demo sessions on how to apply those principles to make the training more effective.
Pic: Demo session on small group technique to encourage participation from all the participants.
Pic: Chart work on how to give and receive feedback
It was a good opportunity for us to learn from his experience about Adult Learning also we appreciate the cooperation and support provided by CoE, Guwahati . All the participants were given a certificate from CoE in the end. This will definitely help our facilitators in making the upcoming training programs more effective using RUPA (the compact version of 9 ALPP) at field level.
