{
  "title": "Train-the-trainer programmes in the canton of Vaud: when should guidance be reduced for experienced participants?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/vaud-formation-de-formateurs-adapter-guidage-novices-experts-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-07-21",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A fully explained example can help a beginner yet become redundant for an experienced participant. Training trainers therefore means learning to adjust guidance, rather than simply explaining more.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Train the Trainer",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lausanne",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes: explaining a solution can support learning",
      "point": "John Sweller and Graham Cooper (1985, Cognition and Instruction) examined the use of worked examples in learning algebra."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The mechanism: support can become redundant",
      "point": "Slava Kalyuga, Paul Ayres, Paul Chandler and John Sweller (2003, Educational Psychologist) review research on the expertise reversal effect."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion: let all experts work independently",
      "point": "It would be excessive to conclude that experienced participants no longer need support."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limits: from research tasks to professional training",
      "point": "Experiments involving algebra do not directly validate an approach to training in medtech or an international sports organisation."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Lausanne",
      "point": "In a hypothetical SHR train-the-trainer workshop in Lausanne bringing together medtech specialists and team leaders from a Lake Geneva scale-up, start with a short individual learning-design exercise assessed against a shared rubric."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Cooper",
      "year": "1985",
      "source": "Cognition and Instruction"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Sweller",
      "year": "2003",
      "source": "Educational Psychologist"
    }
  ],
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}