A training programme based on the principles of social constructivism and focused on developing people for the future world of work : an evaluation

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Cooper, Jean Henry
Basson, Johan Schutte
Schaap, Pieter

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Taylor & Francis

Abstract

Human resources development needs to take cognizance of the unique challenges that the workplace of the future is posing to individuals, so that young people can be prepared effectively for the workplace. The objective of this study was to evaluate a training programme based on the principles of social constructivism and focused on developing people for the workplace of the future. A non-equivalent groups design with pre- and post-measurement was used to evaluate the programme. The experimental group consisted of thirty-six individuals and the control group consisted of twenty individuals. The training programme contributed to a significant increase in the creativity, adaptability and self-acceptance of the experimental group (compared to that of the control group). These characteristics will be necessary to succeed in the workplace in future. The training programme thus made a valuable contribution to the development of the experimental group, preparing them for the workplace of the future.

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Human resources development, Social constructivism, Training programme, Workplace of the future

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Cooper, J, Basson, J & Schaap, P 2006, 'A training programme based on the principles of social constructivism and focused on developing people for the future world of work: an evaluation', Human Resource Development International, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 467–483. [http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13678868.asp]