The Evolution of The Training Profession from WWII to Present

The World Wars - Systematic Training

Sep 7, 1940

"The world wars - especially World War II - saw the profession of training and learning really start to take off" (Estep, T. (2008).
reference:
Estep, T. (2008). Chapter 1: The evolution of the training profession. ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals, n/a.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
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The 1950s

Sep 7, 1950

"In 1953, B. F. Skinner's book Science and Human Behavior was published, introducing behaviorism, which was built on the work he had done during the war" (Estep, T. (2008).
reference:
Estep, T. (2008). Chapter 1: The evolution of the training profession. ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals, n/a.
https://www.google.com/search?q=free+pictures+world+war+1&espv=2&biw=1360&bih=281&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA-=free+pictures+world+war+II&imgrc=Vkk7vII8Qu-sJM%3A

The 1960s

Sep 7, 1960

"The introduction of measurement into the field of training tied closely with another theme that started to emerge in the 1960s: the need to understand the business" (Estep, T. (2008). reference:
Estep, T. (2008). Chapter 1: The evolution of the training profession. ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals, n/a. https://www.google.com/search?q=free+pictures+world+war+1&espv=2&biw=1360&bih=281&tbm=free+pictures+of+field+training+in+the+1960

The 1970s

Sep 7, 1970

"Sociotechnical-systems theory became widespread in the 1970s (Shaw, 1994)" (Estep, T. (2008).
reference:
Estep, T. (2008). Chapter 1: The evolution of the training profession. ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals, n/a. https://www.google.com/search?q=free+pictures+world+war+1&espv=2&biw=1360&bih=281&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA-_LYvfzOAhXGMSYKHWTADv4QsAQIQg#tbm=isch&q=free+pictures+of+Sociotechnical-systems+theory&imgrc=qlSBzOh6Zzal1M%3A

The 1980s

Sep 7, 1980

"In the 1980s, productivity in the United States slowed down, while global economic competition became the biggest business challenge" (Estep, T. (2008). reference:
Estep, T. (2008). Chapter 1: The evolution of the training profession. ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals, n/a. https://www.google.com/search?q=free+pictures+of+trainers%27+competencies&imgrc=6y2OV1Kd4KHWRM%3A

The 1990s

Sep 7, 1990

"In the 1990s, technology exploded" (Estep, T. (2008). references:
Estep, T. (2008). Chapter 1: The evolution of the training profession. ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals, n/a.
https://www.google.com/search?q=free+pictures+world+war+1&espv=2&biw=1360&bih=281&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA-_LYvfzOAhXGMSYKHWTADv4QsAQIQg#tbm=isch&q=free+pictures+of+technology&imgrc=G0IsDoxUfpPEiM%3A

The 2000s

Sep 7, 2000

"In learning theory, behaviorism continues to have a strong influence on learning design, but cognitive and constructivist learning theories also have their effects through the use of Gagné 's nine events of learning and discovery learning" (Estep, T. (2008). references:
Estep, T. (2008). Chapter 1: The evolution of the training profession. ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals, n/a. https://www.google.com/search?q=free+pictures+free+pictures+of+learning+theory&imgrc

In Closing 2016

Sep 7, 2016

"Training focuses on the business results to be achieved as an outcome of the training, while performance has much of its roots in the same behaviorism that has informed training" (Estep, T. (2008). references:
Estep, T. (2008). Chapter 1: The evolution of the training profession. ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals, n/a.
https://www.google.com/search?q=free+pictures+free+pictures+of+complementary+fields+of+training&imgrc=i4cNghLS5zRy4M%3A