What are some ways the ideas/concepts/principles discussed in this chapter could be applied in your professional work?
The most immediate educational connection that I see with the current idea of Human Performance Improvement, as described in the book, is in classroom management and procedures. The flowchart found on page 141, Figure 14.2, seems to provide a useful framework to process or analyze the effectiveness of how existing classroom procedures contribute toward achieving goals, such as student productivity and successfully accomplishing stated objectives or assignments.
As a teacher, when I observe a "gap" in the ability to achieve "desired workforce performance" from my students, I can move along the flowchart to analyze and identify the cause, then consider necessary changes ("intervention selection and design"), implement those changes, and begin the evaluation process again.
Beth, I think that's a great way to look at it. Finding the gap and fixing it to achieve the desired performance/results. Works for me--I love to make things simple and easy to follow. Thanks.
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I found the flowchart in Figure 14.2 to be more helpful than Gilbert's Behavior Engineering model in Figure 14.1. I can see this being applied to the analysis of my school's state test data and planning changes and interventions to improve for the upcoming year.
ReplyDeleteI agree that figure 14.2 was very helpful. It was probably the part of the chapter I could best apply to teaching. While some of the terms seem a little technical at first, it really is what we do: organize, prepare, carry out, evaluate, adapt...just as you said.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone. I think finding the right intervention is often the hardest part of all.
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