Understanding Facilitation
This introduction to facilitation should provide educators and trainers with all they need to understand and develop facilitation skills. With a critical synthesis of established and current theory Understanding Facilitation marries rigorous academic research with real world examples.
The use of facilitation is changing. Not only is the use of facilitation now prevalent in a far broader range of settings than ever before but the concepts and practices of facilitation are being honed too. This essential introduction to the development and practice of facilitation is the ideal handbook for anyone interested in the topic. Offering everything you need to be able to understand and develop your facilitation skills the book provides a critical synthesis of established and current theory.
Written by a well-respected international expert in the field the book marries rigorous academic research with real world examples from a wide variety of commercial and not-for-profit organisations of all sizes. Ideal for managers, trainers,
educators, staff developers, social workers and community workers it provides detailed information on a broad range of topics including:
- the emergence of facilitation;
- definitions and metaphors used in facilitation;
- models of facilitation;
- cross-cultural issues;
- uses of technology for facilitators; and
- Ethics, and professionalising facilitation.
Understanding Facilitation is a companion volume to Practical Facilitation: A Toolkit of Techniques.
BOOK DETAILS :Paperback, 256 Pages, Dimensions 234 x 142 MM Language English.
1 Setting the scene: the emergence of the field of facilitation
2 Development of facilitation in management
3 Development of facilitation in education and training
4 Development of facilitation in community development Introduction;
5 Definitions and metaphors of facilitation
6 Models of facilitation
7 Definitions of co-facilitation
8 Basic theories and concepts of group work
9 Facilitating culturally diverse groups
10 Facilitation and technology
11 Professionalism and ethics
Dr Christine Hogan is a professional facilitator, educator and author. She is committed to helping people to learn how to facilitate and to enhance innovations in facilitation through reflective practice, networking and research.
Christine’s consultancy work in Australia, Asia and the Pacific focuses on personal, organisational and community development. Christine has worked in Kiribati (in the Pacific), Lao PDR, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal and Hong Kong. She is now an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University of Technology. Previously, she was a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Development in the Curtin Business School.
In her spare time Christine makes jewellery, paints on silk, learns Spanish and plays traditional English folk music on a hammered dulcimer and accordion with the “Band of Hope and Glory”. Chris also enjoys travelling, bush walking and dancing.
Christine would welcome feedback and dialogue about ideas in this book. You can find out more about her work and how to contact her by going to the following web site: www.hogans.id.au