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The psychological factor in Training

Dealing with different kinds of personalities is a substantial part of the training process. Thus, learning to navigate and manage trainees' reactions and responses could be the essence of class management.

While trainers are jogging a couple of factors such as, covering the lesson, achieving objectives and distributing their attention amongst students , it could be a bit of a daunting task to pause and magnify the psychological aspect of the trainees . However, it is not any less important than any other factor since any human interaction has an impact not only on the student but on teachers themselves. It is something to be considered when trying to accomplish career satisfaction as well. Thereby, in this article we will tackle the most common patterns and how to deal with them.

For example, we have what is usually known as the "class clown", while in fact the actual term to describe them should be the attention seekers. Those students are desperate to be acknowledged and recognized, so as simple as it sounds, they need attention. This could range from getting them involved in conversations to praising them and handing them certain tasks to do. Once they feel accepted and appreciated all their attempts to cause a chaos to draw the attention to themselves will stop immediately.

Another common pattern is the class critic who fish for something to comment on and correct. The why behind this is that they simply want their knowledge and intellect to be noticed. Therefore, instead of taking their approach as a personal attack simply thank them for their feedback. Praise their intervention if they were correct and if they were not, you can objectively explain to them why they are wrong. The key to class management on a psychological level is staying calm, collected and yet reasonably strict.

Lastly, the quality of our interactions whether with the colleagues or the students has a huge impact on our career satisfaction and performance as well. It is not something to be overlooked or discarded. Also, it is one of the essential aspects of the training process that needs to be shed light on.

Written by /Eman Alajmi