Development of a basic nuclear materials accounting course for the DOE Central Training Academy; Learning to be a trainer
- USDOE Chicago Operations Office, Argonne, IL (United States)
The members of the Basic Nuclear Materials Accounting (BANMAC) Course Development Team (CDT), with the assistance of the DOE Central Training Academy (CTA) staff, developed a nuclear materials accounting training course using the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) process. As a novice to training course development, ISD initially seemed to be a daunting process. As the course development proceeded, the advantages of the ISD method became readily apparent. By starting the process of training design and development with specific learning objectives, the preparation of the lesson plans and course materials stays focused. The tendency to wander from the essential subject matter and explore other interesting facets of the discipline is greatly reduced. The structure provided by the ISD process makes effective testing easier. Since the ISD method centers course design on learning objectives, testing materials readily evolve from the preparation of the lesson plan. This paper chronicles the course development of the DOE CTA, Basic Nuclear Materials Accounting Course (BANMAC-MC and A 110), and seeks to provide a nontechnical aid to the novice trainer in the application of the ISD method to training development.
- OSTI ID:
- 61299
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930749-; TRN: IM9526%%80
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 34. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Scottsdale, AZ (United States), 18-21 Jul 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Nuclear materials management. 34th Annual meeting proceedings: Volume 22; PB: 1190 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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