Facilitating Workshops
A Resource Book for Lecturers and Trainers
1st Edition
Published on 7. May 2014
240 pages
978-1-350-30624-0 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-350-30624-0 (9781350306240)
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Persons
Dr. Hayo Reinders (www.innovationinteaching.org) is Professor of Education and Head of Department at Unitec in New Zealand and Dean of the Graduate School at Anaheim University in the United States. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching'. Hayo's interests are in educational technology, learner autonomy, and out-of-class learning and his most recent books are on teaching methodologies, digital games, and second language acquisition. He edits a book series on 'New Language Learning and Teaching Environments' for Palgrave Macmillan.
Marilyn Lewis is an honorary research fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
They are the authors of The International Student Handbook and Study Skills for Speakers of English as a Second Language.
Marilyn Lewis is an honorary research fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
They are the authors of The International Student Handbook and Study Skills for Speakers of English as a Second Language.
Content
Introduction to the Book
Workshop Concerns
PART I: LEARNING IN WORKSHOPS
1. Why Workshops?
2. A Brief History of Workshops
3. Principles of Adult Learning
4. Adults as Social Learners
5. Adults as Experiential Learners
6. The Experience of Learning in Workshops
PART II: TEACHING IN WORKSHOPS
7. The Experience of Delivering Workshops
8. Planning and Organising Workshops
9. Workshop Contexts
10. Setting Goals
11. Categorising and Selecting Activities
12. Workshop Activities
13. Sequencing Content and Activities
14. Feedback and Assessment
15. Delivering Workshops Online
16. Professional Development for Facilitators
PART III: THE PRACTICE OF FACILITATING WORKSHOPS
17. The 'When' of Workshops
18. Timing Issues
19. Participant Issues
20. Organisational Issues
21. Technical Issues
22. Space Issues
23. Cultural Issues
24. Presenter Issues
25. Content Issues
26. Dealing with Organisers
27. Promoting Workshops
28. Evaluating Workshops
29. Giving Workshops to Colleagues
References
Index.
Workshop Concerns
PART I: LEARNING IN WORKSHOPS
1. Why Workshops?
2. A Brief History of Workshops
3. Principles of Adult Learning
4. Adults as Social Learners
5. Adults as Experiential Learners
6. The Experience of Learning in Workshops
PART II: TEACHING IN WORKSHOPS
7. The Experience of Delivering Workshops
8. Planning and Organising Workshops
9. Workshop Contexts
10. Setting Goals
11. Categorising and Selecting Activities
12. Workshop Activities
13. Sequencing Content and Activities
14. Feedback and Assessment
15. Delivering Workshops Online
16. Professional Development for Facilitators
PART III: THE PRACTICE OF FACILITATING WORKSHOPS
17. The 'When' of Workshops
18. Timing Issues
19. Participant Issues
20. Organisational Issues
21. Technical Issues
22. Space Issues
23. Cultural Issues
24. Presenter Issues
25. Content Issues
26. Dealing with Organisers
27. Promoting Workshops
28. Evaluating Workshops
29. Giving Workshops to Colleagues
References
Index.
