723 Conducting OSH Training

Sections

Handle It!

Introduction

Too Much Participation

Students may not be able to fully participate in group or class activities when an individual student is too vocal.

Image showing a bored tired student sitting with head on a table

Problem situations have something to do with the level of participation of individual students (i.e. when students participate too much or too little).

Overly vocal students may be merely the result of an enthusiastic interest in the course material, or it may be the result of an inner need for recognition.

Too Little Participation

When one participant is too vocal, others may not feel confident, adequate or otherwise comfortable participating so they remain silent. A non-participative student's valuable input may be lost from the group. In addition, the trainer may not be able to accurately assess the degree of learning that's taking place when students are silent. On the other hand, silent students may not be motivated to participate. They may be feeling stressed out due to other more-pressing job requirements.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

5-1. Students who participate too much in training, may be doing so for this reason.

They are bored with the topic

They have too little knowledge of the topic

They have a need to be recognized by others

They are tired or ill

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