Facilitating workshops : a resource book for lecturers and trainers / Hayo Reinders, Marilyn Lewis.

By: Reinders, Hayo [author]
Contributor(s): Lewis, Marilyn [author]
Series: Palgrave teaching and learningPublisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014Description: xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmdediate Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137304209Subject(s): Group work in education | Workshops (Adult education) | Seminars -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. DDC classification: 378.177
Contents:
Why workshops? -- A brief history of workshops -- Principles of adult learning -- Adults as social learners -- Adults as experiential learners -- The experience of learning in workshops -- The experience of delivering workshops -- Planning and organising workshops -- Workshop contexts -- Setting goals -- Categorising and selecting activities -- Workshop activities -- Sequencing content and activities -- Feedback and assessment -- Delivering workshops online -- Professional development for facilitators -- The 'when' of workshops -- Timing issues -- Participant issues -- Organisational issues -- Technical issues -- Space issues -- Cultural issues -- Presenter issues -- Content issues -- Dealing with organisers -- Promoting workshops -- Evaluating workshops -- Giving workshops to colleagues.
Summary: The only book providing advice on facilitating workshops aimed specifically at lecturers and academics. Full of practical resources and materials including suggested activities, handouts and whiteboard layouts to help people tasked with running workshops in higher education settings or at conferences, even without having received specific training.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why workshops? --
A brief history of workshops --
Principles of adult learning --
Adults as social learners --
Adults as experiential learners --
The experience of learning in workshops --
The experience of delivering workshops --
Planning and organising workshops --
Workshop contexts --
Setting goals --
Categorising and selecting activities --
Workshop activities --
Sequencing content and activities --
Feedback and assessment --
Delivering workshops online --
Professional development for facilitators --
The 'when' of workshops --
Timing issues --
Participant issues --
Organisational issues --
Technical issues --
Space issues --
Cultural issues --
Presenter issues --
Content issues --
Dealing with organisers --
Promoting workshops --
Evaluating workshops --
Giving workshops to colleagues.

The only book providing advice on facilitating workshops aimed specifically at lecturers and academics. Full of practical resources and materials including suggested activities, handouts and whiteboard layouts to help people tasked with running workshops in higher education settings or at conferences, even without having received specific training.

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