Facilitating Learning

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Session 4

• Facilitating Learning
• District Training Manual pages 53-55

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Learning Objectives

• Understanding what is facilitated discussion.
• The role of facilitator

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Facilitated discussion

• Participants are asked to respond to questions
  that draw on their knowledge and experience.
• The training leader should remain flexible,
  allowing group discussion while using questions
  to guide the direction and rate of the discussion.

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Role of the Facilitator

• Facilitators are neutral individuals who
  determine, guide, and monitor the structure of
  discussions so teams are able to function
  effectively and have high-quality exchanges of
  ideas.

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Managing the Discussion

• Encourage analysis of a topic
• Introduce new topics
• Evoke participants stories and experiences
• Broaden participation
• Review a difficult concept
• Redirect a discussion

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Techniques of Managing the Discussion

• To suggest the need for sharing personal
  experiences
• To call attention to points that havent been
  considered
• To use conflict constructively
• To test the strength of a point of view
• To prevent a few from dominating the discussion
• To keep the discussion on the agenda
• To suggest the need for closing the discussion

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Questioning Techniques

• Written questions.
• Relay questions.
• Reverse questions.
• Redirected questions.
• Focused questions.

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Dealing with Problem Participants

• Talks too often.
• Talks too long.
• Brings up irrelevant issues.
• Challenges others opinions.