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Life challenges or changes<br />

General interest<br />

Self improvement<br />

MONEY!!!<br />

You, the instructor, can greatly infl uence motivation by:<br />

Looking professional<br />

Displaying enthusiasm<br />

Showing personal interest in each participant<br />

Being supportive of others<br />

Offering well-prepared lessons<br />

Keeping things simple and basic, not convoluting and overwhelming<br />

Varying your presentation style by using multiple learning techniques<br />

Providing hands-on learning<br />

Controlling the environment<br />

STAGES OF LEARNING<br />

ORIENTATION STAGE<br />

This stage is totally dependent upon the instructor. In this stage, facts, defi nitions, depth of<br />

content, applications, goals and more are presented to the participant. The manner in which this<br />

material is presented will affect how well each participant comprehends this knowledge.<br />

The orientation stage relies on effective communication between instructor and participants. The<br />

better the communication, the more effective will be the transfer of information.<br />

KNOWLEDGE STAGE<br />

In this stage, participants will assimilate the new information with past experience. This process<br />

involves reasoning and thinking. The knowledge stage relies on a participant’s motivation to learn.<br />

The more motivated the participant, the more information will be stored. However, since this<br />

storage is temporary and limited, do not overwhelm your participants with too much information.<br />

In the knowledge stage, successful assimilation of information occurs:<br />

87% by sight<br />

7% by hearing<br />

3% by smell<br />

2% by touch<br />

1% by taste<br />

It is important to understand this concept because students learn in different ways. Some are<br />

auditory (hearing) learners. Some are visual (sight) learners. Some are tactile (hands-on) learners.<br />

The more multi-sensory your approaches to teaching, the better your chances are of having<br />

effective learning. Regardless of how many senses you utilize, sight is the most effective of all<br />

sensory inputs and should be the primary focus of your presentation style. In addition, using the<br />

theories of learning in your teaching approach will increase your effectiveness in this stage.<br />

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