Gender Training Perspectives

Explore the intricacies of adult learning and training processes to enhance your skills in facilitating effective learning environments. Discover the principles of adult education, participatory training methods, and the role of media and technology in communication. Learn about gender training, community-based communication, and the preparation of impactful training designs. This comprehensive guide is essential for trainers, educators, and anyone interested in the development of lifelong learning competencies and community empowerment.

Gender Training Perspectives

1 Adult Learning

  1. Need for Training Adults
  2. Principles of Adult Learning
  3. Conditions which Facilitate Adult Learning
  4. Helping Adults to Acquire Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies for Lifelong Learning
  5. Promoting Attitudinal Change through Training
  6. Adult Learning and Participatory Training
  7. Accounting for Individual Differences
  8. Case Studies and Related Activities

2 The Training Process

  1. The Training Process: An Overview
  2. Traditional versus Participatory Training
  3. Steps in Training
  4. Role of Trainer
  5. Strengths and Limitations of Participatory Training

3 The Training Situation

  1. Understanding the Setting and Context of Training
  2. Conditions in the Training Situation
  3. Promoting Training Through Work Experience
  4. Individualized and Group Training Situations
  5. Availability of Space and Training Materials
  6. Overcoming Constraints in Training Situations

4 Training Skills

  1. Qualities of a Good Trainer
  2. Communication and Interpersonal Skills
  3. Promoting Self Learning
  4. Promoting Group Formation
  5. Coping with Changes in the Learners and Training Situations
  6. Coping with Resistance and Conflict
  7. Administrative Tasks of the Trainer
  8. Managing the Training Programme

5 “Stree Jagran”- The Process of Gender Training.

  1. What is Gender?
  2. Meaning of Gender Training
  3. Gender Training Frameworks: What is Our Perspective on Training?
  4. Gender Training Outcomes: What Should Gender Training Achieve?
  5. Linkages between Policies and Gender Training
  6. Training to Meet Practical Needs: The Process
  7. Training to Meet Strategic Needs: The Process
  8. Putting it All Together: Capacity Building + Confidence Building + Organizing for Change
  9. Case Studies

6 Training Individuals

  1. Individual Strategies in Training
  2. Features in Training Individuals
  3. Counselling for Self-Development
  4. Training for Entrepreneurship Development and Community Resource Management
  5. Motivating for Community Action
  6. Training Key Women to Be Change Agents in the Community
  7. Methodologies in Training Individual Women

7 Training Groups

  1. Group Dynamics
  2. Participatory Learning Methods (PALM)
  3. Group Formation: SHGs and Cooperative Societies
  4. Case Studies

8 Practical Applications of Participatory Methods for Group Formation and Training Needs Assessment

  1. What is PRA?
  2. PRA Techniques
  3. Practical Applications of PRA for SHG Formation
  4. PRA for Training Needs Assessment
  5. Validity and Reliability of PRA Techniques

9 Practical Applications of Participatory Training Methodologies

  1. What are Participatory Training and Research?
  2. Practical Applications of Participatory Training Methodologies
  3. Role of Trainers in the PRA Process
  4. Setting the Climate in Training
  5. Practical Examples of Participatory Training Methods

10 Media in Training

  1. Media – Nature and Types
  2. Communication and Role of Media in Communication
  3. Media in Group Communication
  4. Media Selection for Training
  5. Mobilizing Communities for Participation and Empowerment
  6. Analyzing Media from a Gender Perspective

11 Preparation and Use of Training Aids

  1. Principles in Design of Training Aids/Media
  2. Preparation and Use of Non-Projected Training Aids/Media
  3. Preparation and Use of Projected Training Aids/Media
  4. Use of Local Materials in Preparation of Training Aids
  5. Audiovisual Materials Developed by NGOs: A Case Study

12 Use of Audio, Video and Computers in Training

  1. Benefits of Audio and Video Training Material
  2. Use of Audio in Training
  3. Use of Video in Training
  4. Use of Computers in Training
  5. Factors Contributing to Successful Use of Audio and Video Materials
  6. Case Study

13 Folk Media

  1. The Concept of Folklore
  2. What are Folk Media?
  3. Role of Folk Media in Rural and Tribal Settings
  4. Types of Folk Media
  5. Effectiveness of Folk Media
  6. Use of Folk Media in Training
  7. Case Study

14 Community-Based Communication

  1. Reaching Out to a Large Audience
  2. Role of Opinion Leaders, Local Groups, and Community Networks
  3. Organizing Demonstrations
  4. Organizing Community Campaigns
  5. Organizing Exhibitions and Displays
  6. Adding the Local Touch: Local Materials and Local People

15 Preparing a Training Design

  1. What is a Training Design?
  2. Implications of Training Models for Preparation of Training Design
  3. Steps in Preparing a Training Design
  4. Training Needs Assessment
  5. Selecting Training Methods
  6. Putting the Whole into a Time Frame
  7. Detailed Training Design for Conducting, Monitoring and Evaluating Training
  8. Flexibility in Training Programs

16 Planning Training Sessions

  1. How Do We Plan Training Sessions?
  2. Deciding Methods
  3. Deciding on Training Aids/Equipment
  4. Deciding on Methods of Collecting Feedback
  5. Planning Structured Experiences
  6. Case Studies

17 Conducting Training Programmes

  1. Role of the Trainer as a Facilitator
  2. Styles of Facilitation
  3. Tasks of the Trainer in Conducting Structured Experiences
  4. Structured Experiences as Part of Experiential Learning Cycle
  5. Monitoring the Discussion and Debriefing
  6. Providing Inputs

18 Management and Administrative Aspects of Training

  1. Overview of Management and Administration
  2. Writing Reports
  3. Follow-Up
  4. Significance of Follow-Up
  5. Methods of Follow-Up

19 Evaluation and Monitoring of Training Programmes

  1. Concept of Evaluation
  2. Characteristics of Participatory Evaluation
  3. What to Evaluate?
  4. When to Evaluate?
  5. How to Evaluate?
  6. Monitoring