Facilitating group learning : strategies for success with diverse learners / George Lakey ; foreword by Mark Leier.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781629638263
- ISBN: 1629638269
- ISBN: 978162963826
- ISBN: 9781629638423
- ISBN: 1629638420
- Physical Description: xvii, 291 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: Second edition.
- Publisher: Oakland : PM Press, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : direct education for adult learning groups -- The role of the individual and the group in direct education -- Harnessing the power of intention -- Strengthening the container : subgroups join the mix -- The secret life of groups -- Acknowledging difference to accelerate learning -- Diversity and conflict styles -- Social class and diversity -- Authenticity, emotion, and learning -- Structures for organizing the content -- Building on what the learners know -- Learning difficult material -- Sequencing for maximum impact -- Accountability in direct education -- Emergent design : facilitating in the here and now -- Setting the tone and building safety -- Edgy interventions to accelerate learning -- The power of framing -- Sensitivity in cross-cultural issues -- The drama of transformational work -- Conclusion : bringing it all together -- Appendix A : The sustainable educator : advocacy, modesty, and diversity of gifts -- Appendix B : The sustainable educator : resilience and revolution -- Appendix C : For further reading -- Appendix D : Tools and resources for direct education. |
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Subject: | Adult learning. Group work in education. Learning strategies. Continuing education. Adult education. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Decoda Literacy Library | 374.22 L35 2020 (Text) | 35410000065706 | General Collection | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-04-29 |
- Baker & Taylor
"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. Direct education cuts through the pretense and needless complications that can distance learners from subject matter. This approach focuses the encounter between teacher and group; it replaces scattered attention with gathered attention. Unlike in other books on group facilitation, the author emphasizes critical issues related to diversity, as well as authenticity and emotions. Step by step, this groundbreaking book describes how to design effectivelearning experiences and shows what it takes to facilitate them. Ultimately, it brings all the elements of the author's direct education approach together. Facilitating Group Learning also contains material on sustaining the educator, addresses working with social movements, and includes the Training for Change toolkit of group learning techniques." -- - Independent Publishing GroupGeorge 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. Direct education cuts through the pretense and needless complications that can distance learners from subject matter. This approach focuses the encounter between teacher and group; it replaces scattered attention with gathered attention. Unlike in other books on group facilitation, the author emphasizes critical issues related to diversity, as well as authenticity and emotions. Step by step, this groundbreaking book describes how to design effective learning experiences and shows what it takes to facilitate them. Ultimately, it brings all the elements of the author's direct education approach together. Facilitating Group Learning also contains material on sustaining the educator, addresses working with social movements, and includes the Training for Change toolkit of group learning techniques.
- Perseus Publishing
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.
Direct education cuts through the pretense and needless complications that can distance learners from subject matter. It removes false expectations (for example, that kinesthetic learners will strongly benefit from slide presentations) and false assumptions (for example, that a group is simply the sum of the individuals). This approach focuses the encounter between teacher and group; it replaces scattered attentionâof a teacher preoccupied with curriculum and participants preoccupied with distractionsâwith gathered attention.
Unlike in other books on group facilitation, the author emphasizes critical issues related to diversity, as well as authenticity and emotions. Step by step, this groundbreaking book describes how to design effective learning experiences and shows what it takes to facilitate them. Ultimately, it brings all the elements of the authorâs direct education approach together.
Facilitating Group Learning also contains material on sustaining the educator, addresses working with social movements, and includes the Training for Change toolkit of group learning techniques.