TOOLS FOR TRAINERS
Here is a rare opportunity to learn and practise a wide
range of active learning methods and reviewing skills. These techniques
will enable you to accelerate participants' progress towards their
learning goals. You will pick up many new tools for your trainer's
toolkit - and the know-how to use them effectively.
THURSDAY: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
10 things trainers should know about
experiential learning
- This brief introduction to experiential learning will
be of value to new and experienced trainers alike. This session will
provide a common starting point and will enable you to assess your own
skills.
- Topics include: empathy, optimism, trust,
partnership, blocks, feelings, styles, success, intuition, balance,
variety, support, risk, creativity, intensity ... and reviewing.
10 ways to develop communication skills
- 'Communication' is an ideal focus for the beginning
of any experience-based course - including this one. You will learn
methods that can be used within reviewing sessions or as stand-alone
exercises.
FRIDAY: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND TEAMWORK SKILLS
10 ways to develop teamwork skills
- A series of teamwork tasks for trainers will enable
you to explore teamwork from the 'inside' and the 'outside'. Topics
will include: 'Learning about teams and teamwork', 'Learning about
myself in teams', 'Learning about this team', 'Generating a variety of
team experiences', 'Seeking success', 'facilitating the development of
team skills'.
SATURDAY: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS
10 ways to develop leadership skills
- On leadership courses participants spend more time
being led than they do leading. In this workshop you will learn ways of
increasing the total amount of leadership experience available within a
course. And you will learn reviewing techniques to maximise what
participants' learn from their experiences of leadership.
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