Learning about Learning

SIOP identifies workplace training as a key element of the employment life-cycle to which I-Os contribute their expertise. Accordingly, training represents a core content competency and major component of the newly approved Guidelines for Education and Training in Industrial-Organizational Psychology (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc., 2016). With this column, we focus on the ways in which I-Os can contribute to the L&D space, with the ultimate goal of observing a larger number of I-O articles, research studies, and collaborative applied projects related to the practice of workplace training.

Our most recent column:

Learning About Learning: The Mythical Land of L&D

From the 70-20-10 model and the 10,000 hours rule to Ebbinghaus’s forgetting curve, misconceptions in L&D abound. In this column, we focus on several “myths” about learning that persist in L&D spheres, despite research to their contrary. Read more: http://my.siop.org/tip/jan18/editor/ArticleID/245/ArtMID/13745