Facilitator Handbook 2005 - PRIMIS

The PRIMIS Training Agenda
PRIMIS Facilitator Handbook
The PRIMIS Training Agenda
PRIMIS training is based on the adult learning approach developed by influential American
adult educator, Malcolm Knowles, who put forward the theory of andragogy – where students
are guided by tutors, rather than taught. This approach takes account of prior knowledge and
experience and involves learners in planning their own training programmes.
PRIMIS training is tailored to the needs of individual facilitators, determined by a Training
Needs Assessment (TNA) carried out by the PRIMIS Learning Consultant at the beginning of
the training. The complete learning process is a cyclical one as shown below, and
incorporates:
• acquiring new skills
• applying those skills
• reviewing the effects of those skills.
Concrete
Experience
Putting it into practice
Reflective
Observation
Objectively analyse the
outcome
Active
Experimentation
Experimenting to find
solutions
David A. Kolb
Abstract
Conceptualisation
Reviewing your conceptual
understanding
PRIMIS 13