{"id":1150,"date":"2012-01-31T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.eweibel.net\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2012-02-01T11:53:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T10:53:52","slug":"education-in-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.eweibel.net\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"Education in companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"image\"<\/a>I do a lot of trainings and courses in the company where I work currently. And I was also in a lot of courses too. But I think, that those courses or trainings don’t work really. The reason, why is that they are just so called "sheep dips". <\/p>\n

Sheep dip training doesn\u2019t work<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first time when I heard the expression "sheep dip" was in the excellent book "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning<\/a>". It means a training where a lot of people receive a lot of information, mostly just by sitting, listening and watching a lot of PowerPoint slides.<\/p>\n

A sheep dip is in real the following (from "Pragmatic Thinking & Learning"):<\/p>\n

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A sheep dip (for real) is a large tank in which you dunk the unsuspecting
sheep to clean them up and rid them of parasites (see picture). The sheep line up (as sheep do) you grab one and dunk in the tank for an intensive, alien, and largely toxic experience. It wears off, of course, so you have to dip them again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The problem is the exact same with the education trainings in companies. A lot of employees spend time and the revenue is very, very little.<\/p>\n

Doing it better<\/strong><\/p>\n

The question is "How can we do education better?". In my experience there are some better ways:<\/p>\n