Training
Training means learning to do something. It includes practicing skills. The term is used for learning to do jobs, or play games.
Examples:
- training for the armed forces
- apprenticeships
- learning how to play a game, such as contract bridge or chess
- professional development in law, medicine, management, etc.
Training means changing behavior through learning new requirements and methods. Its effect is measured by testing to see if the behavior has been successfully changed. Follow-up sessions may be repeated until the desired behavior has been achieved.
Exercise may or may not be part of training. When it is, it is called physical training. It is specific and done to improve one's capability, capacity, and performance; see, e.g., strength training or flexibility training.
Training Media
An astronaut in training for an extravehicular activity mission using an underwater simulation environment on Earth.
Mountaineering training in Estonia. It involves both instruction and physical exercise in the outdoor environment to develop skills that are necessary for survival in rock climbing.
Computer training workshop given by IBM software developers
- Aforsystraining
Related pages
Other websites
- Training Within Industry Archived 2019-08-30 at the Wayback Machine - A national conference for those interested in deploying the TWI training methodology.
- Fitness training for kids
- Fitness training for seniors