Graphic Arts Training Essentials: Best Teaching Practices for Graphic Arts Trainers

By Jim Rich

Successful training programs do not happen by accident. The best training programs adhere to planned instructional activities as instructors apply expert knowledge, skill, logic, and common sense when delivering a training program. The goal of Best Teaching Practices for Graphic Arts Trainers is to provide an easy-to-understand resource that helps prepare the reader for development training classes and/or to use that information for delivering successful learning experiences.

The book offers practical ideas and advice about:

• Best practices for teaching and learning graphic arts subjects
• Ways to improve a student's performance before, during, and after a class
• How to use a checklist of questions when considering developing and delivering training
• Case studies that offer pragmatic insight, tips, and advice to training providers as to what they should expect before, during, and after a class

Best Teaching Practices for Graphic Arts Trainers uses the format of presenting fundamental but important questions and answers, practical teaching strategies, and real-world graphic arts case studies combined with no-nonsense advice about adult learning. The book's content should be: considered from the point of view of students and training providers; discussed with colleagues during the course development process; and reflected on by instructors when teaching classes. This approach will enable training providers of all levels (novice through advanced) to better address student questions about future training classes, develop appropriate marketing and course materials, and deliver higher quality training.