Workshops: Designing and Facilitating Experiential Learning

by Jeff E. Brooks-Harris, Susan R. Stock

Overview

This volume is designed to present a practical approach to designing and running workshops. It is meant to introduce novice facilitators as well as those with much experience to an integrated model of workshop design and development. Grounded in learning theory, this model is used to demonstrate how to design, facilitate, and direct workshops, as well as how to identify and improve existing skills. Practical, how-to sections assist readers in creating specific experiential activities designed to facilitate different types of learning. Readers also learn how to understand and attend to individual differences as well as to take all workshop participants through a universal cycle of learning. Workshops will be useful to anyone who facilitates workshops in higher education, adult education, business, health care, and other educational settings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452239644
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/23/1999
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction
Three Lessons from The Wizard of Oz
Toward an Integrated Model of Workshop Design and Facilitation
Using Learning Styles to Understand Participants and Guide Workshop Design
Preparing for Workshop Design
Gathering Information and Setting Goals
Creating a Comprehensive Workshop Design
Designing Effective Workshop Learning Activities
Directing the Workshop and Creating a Learning Environment
Facilitation Skills for Different Types of Experiential Learning
Workshop Evaluations
Strategies, Variables and Plans
Improving Your Workshop Design, Directing and Facilitation Skills

Editorial Reviews

Grounded in sources as diverse as Kolb's model of experiential learning, Jung's model of psychological types, and , Brooks-Harris (psychologist, U. of Hawaii-Manoa) and Stock-Ward (psychologist, U. of Akron) offer a practical approach to designing and running workshops. Replete with worksheets to enhance facilitation skills. Intended for those wishing to facilitate workshops that are more than misguided lectures. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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