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Bezig met laden... Facilitating Group Learning: Strategies for Success with Adult Learnersdoor George Lakey
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. From the acclaimed coauthor of A Manual for Direct Action comes Facilitating Group Learning, an essential resource designed to help educators, trainers, workshop leaders, and anyone who assists groups to learn. George Lakey presents the core principles and proven techniques of direct education, an approach he developed for effectively teaching adults in groups. To illustrate how it works in action, Lakey includes a wealth of compelling stories from his vast experience facilitating groups in a variety of situations. A resource designed to help educators, trainers, workshop leaders, and anyone who assists groups to learn. Direct education is an approach developed to effectively teach adults in groups. Direct education cuts through the pretense and needless complications that can distance learners from the subject matter. This approach focuses on the encounter between teacher and group; it replaces scattered attention with gathered attention. It emphasizes critical issues related to diversity, authenticity, and emotions. Step by step this groundbreaking book describes how to design effective learning experiences and shows what it takes to facilitate them. Innovative teachers look beyond current practice, examine what is and isn't working in the classroom, and then devise means by which students can develop deep learning of the subject at hand. Lakey's take on education is that adult learners learn better in groups than they do as individuals. He divides this book into 4 parts. The first part looks at the anatomy of a group - what is the role of the individual in a group experience? He suggests that because groups are mysterious, that a good group facilitator can use the mystery to influence group dynamics and learning. Part 2 of the book looks at diversity, difference and emotion as it influences groups. Even when groups appear homogenous, there are stark differences in each member of the group. How a group acknowledges difference and uses it for their gain can at least partially determine the success of the group. Part 3 looks at designing effective group experiences. Lakey suggests that logic - as a means of structuring only works when the learner "gets" the logic. He claims that rarely happens. Logic means that you start with definitions - lots of definitions - and when you've memorized enough of them, you can start to learn a little context. Instead, he recommends building on successive approximations (Homans, 1950) - experiences that allow the learner to learn some of a concept - without expecting they'll get it all on the first pass. With more experiences, the learner builds a more complete understanding of the subject matter. The final section gets to facilitation - the first word in the title. He walks the novice facilitator through the process from prepping for the very first encounter through the culminating transformational work. The book is an easy read - not filled with jargon, rather written more as a novel - telling the story of developing understanding through group work. "In this engaging and accessible book, George Lakey draws on a lifetime's experience to provide a highly practical resource to anyone seeking to understand and respond to the complexities of group work. The book will be invqaluable to anyone trying to effect social change through groups ...." (Stephen D. Brookfield). From the back cover. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Praise for Facilitating Group Learning "In this engaging and accessible book, George Lakey draws on a lifetime's experience to provide a highly practical resource to anyone seeking to understand and respond to the complexities of group work. The book will be invaluable to anyone trying to effect social change through groups while striving to stay simultaneously sane and employed."--Stephen D. Brookfield, Distinguished University Professor, University of St. Thomas "I've been working with forms of direct education for many decades, and I found new ideas and inspirations in every chapter. For anyone involved in teaching, training, sharing skills, or leading groups, this book is an invaluable resource!"--Starhawk, author, The Earth Path, Dreaming the Dark, and Webs of Power "George Lakey has inspired our union to engage in education in a way that challenges us to redefine social justice and equality in new and exciting ways. This book helps us to continue our journey to touch the souls of union members."--Denis Lemelin, national president, Canadian Union of Postal Workers "Facilitating Group Learning will ease the way of all who venture into the white waters of facilitation. George clarifies the most basic, complex, and nagging challenges of facilitation, while honoring the realities of individual and social power dynamics and providing real-life examples from the path of continued growth and mastery. A rare gift!"--Niyonu D. Spann, founding president, TRV Consulting and Beyond Diversity 101 "This book is a must-read for people who teach adults of any age, no matter what the subject, and care about doing it in ways that yield deep and abiding learning. Wonderfully well-written and rich with psychological and spiritual insights as well as practical strategies, it represents the fruits of a lifetime of transformational teaching and learning by one of the foremost adult educators of our time."--Parker J. Palmer, author, The Courage to Teach, Let Your Life Speak, and The Heart of Higher Education Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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