PSY5603 TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION
| Course Code: | 2335603 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will:
- acquire information on prerequisites of identifying a workplace training program
- acquire information on principles of workplace training design and delivery
- learn the steps in evaluating training effectiveness
- learn key points for specific topics of training (e.g., leadership, team cross-training, diversity training
- acquire skills in developing a training program
- acquire skills in delivering part of a training program
- hone their skills in critically evaluating the scientific literature on training
- hone their discussion and presentation skills
Course Content
This course is basically concerned with teaching basic training and employee development techniques used in industry. Furthermore, the course also covers how to evaluate the effectiveness of a specific training program. The typical topics of the course include needs assessment, training techniques, training for special groups (e.g., executives, middle managers, hard-core unemployed), the choice of criteria in evaluating training programs. The orientation of this course is both theoretical and applied.
Course Learning Outcomes
As listed under Course Objectives.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Skills to understand and successfully employ the latest and most advanced research and data analysis methods and techniques. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Knowledge of the latest theoretical and empirical literature in psychology. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Skills to conduct research and critically evaluate the important literature on any topic of interest related to psychology or other relevant disciplines. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Awareness about the novel information in light of the theoretical knowledge gained and knowledge to develop advanced research topics and questions. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Skills to develop and carry out a research project from beginning to end in light of the formulated research questions using the accumulated knowledge from relevant literature and methods. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Awareness of conducting research, publishing, and application activities in light of ethical principles and values. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Skills to work independently as an individual and as part of a team. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Skills to communicate effectively, both in written and oral forms of English and Turkish, during scientific activities. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution