Women Rights Training GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Each training session should have a clear goals statement which introduces the concepts that will be delivered in the session in general terms, an answer to the question why is this session occurring?, for example, To define the concept violence against women or To facilitate an understanding of the variety of human rights legal instruments for addressing violence against women. he model session contains example of a goals statement presented in the facilitator!s "introduction to the session# "link to the model session What is Gender-Based iolence intro#$ he next step in developing a training program is to identify the training ob%ectives$ he training ob%ectives should be based on the findings of the needs assessment and the goals statement$ hey should be the central focus of the facilitator&s preparation and should be explained clearly to the participants$ 'larifying these ob%ectives will aid in the process of selecting the appropriate content and structure for each session$ ( learning ob%ective is the response expected from the participant$ )t is not*

a goals statement+ a course title+ or what the instructor intends to do$

he types of learning ob%ectives include the following*

!ognitive , what the participant will perceive, comprehend or remember$ he participant should clearly receive information and develop -nowledge$ "ffective .attitudinal/ , what the participant will feel, value, become committed to or enthusiastic about$ he participant will become sensiti0ed to the issue in question$ Behavioral , what the participant will be able to do, perform, demonstrate, use or explain$ he participant will acquire or reinforce s-ills$

Effective training aims to improve*

knowledge

+ skills + attitudes to contribute to* appropriate e!a"ior$

'riteria 1or 2eveloping 3earning 4b%ectives he learning ob%ectives should "be#*

5elevant to the participant&s needs .)t is essential to consider the specifics of the target audience* i$e$ professional classification, bac-ground -nowledge or reading necessary for the presentation of the training material/ 'onsistent with the overall learning goals$ 'onsistent with the -nowledge and s-ills of the trainers$ 6tated in behavioral terms$ 6tated in clear language$ 7arrow, specific and measurable$ (chievable within the time of the training$ (chievable in terms of learning resources$ )ncorporate varied and interactive training techniques$ o secure and retain active engagement from participants, it is best to vary the teaching techniques used throughout the course$ 5eflect flexibility of training and its adaptability to the participants! needs$ 6uitable for evaluating learning results$

8riting he 3earning 4b%ectives 9/ :egin the ob%ective with a statement of the expected result, e$g$ ;(s a result of this session, the participants will be able to<; =/ 6elect the appropriate verb , be sure to use an action verb, e$g$ identify, write, organi0e, utili0e, create, define, apply, analy0e, conduct, evaluate, develop$ >/ 'omplete the learning ob%ective with the content of the relevant course segment, e$g$ ;(s a result of this session, participants will be able to create an effective training program$; he model sessions on gender,based violence contain more examples of "training ob%ectives#$ "lin- to model session 8hat is ?ender,:ased @iolence training ob%ectives#