Facilitating for Learning
Facilitating for Learning

Author: David Allen

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0807774383

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“I have had the good fortune to watch both David and Tina facilitate learning groups and have learned from the power of their modeling. . . . I am delighted that they have gathered their wisdom here in this volume to share with others eager to embark on the journey and experience the joys of facilitating learning with colleagues.” —From the Foreword by Ron Ritchhart, senior research associate, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education One of the most important shifts in schools in the last two decades has been the growing emphasis on collaboration among teachers and other educators. Whether you are a teacher facilitating a group for the first time or an experienced facilitator seeking to further develop your skills, this book is for you. Organized to be used as both an exploration of the role of facilitating and as a handbook of strategies, this resource covers a range of contexts that include faculty meetings, department meetings, professional learning communities, grade-level teams, and inquiry groups. This book is a perfect companion to the authors’ bestseller, The Facilitator’s Book of Questions, which focuses on the skills needed to facilitate protocols or structured conversations. Facilitating for Learning extends the scope of that work by also examining the facilitator’s responsibilities for supporting a group’s learning during all parts of a meeting, between meetings, and within the larger school context and culture. It is an essential resource for teachers, administrators, coaches, and teacher educators. Book Features: Contrasts facilitating for learning with other professional development roles, including staff development, coaching, and supervision.Outlines the basic responsibilities and tasks of facilitating teacher learning groups, including “moves” the facilitator might employ.Considers challenges related to school culture and leadership, group interactions, and time constraints.Provides resources to help facilitators develop their skills, including tools and references to other works on facilitation.

Facilitating Learning in Healthcare
Facilitating Learning in Healthcare

Author: Sarah Carter

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780853699545

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This practical and easy-to-read guide is designed for people from non-teaching backgrounds who have been asked to facilitate the learning process in the healthcare disciplines. It will enable new teachers, lecturers, assessors, tutors and facilitators .to quickly and easily understand common educational concepts, to learn how to effectively assist learning, and to reflect and improve upon their own teaching practice.Containing top tips, personal accounts and exercises, coverage includes:* teaching and learning theories and concepts * developing course material* teaching strategies and approaches to learning* assessing learning* evaluating teaching* reflecting on teaching and learning.Facilitating Learning in Healthcare is a useful practical resource for new teachers, mentors and group supervisors in all healthcare disciplines.Sarah Carter is Research Manager, University of London School of Pharmacy, UK.

Communities of Practice
Communities of Practice

Author: Jacquie McDonald

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-14

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9811028796

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In this book about communities of practice in the international, higher education sector, the authors articulate the theoretical foundations of communities of practice (CoPs), research into their application in higher education, leadership roles and how CoPs sustain and support professional learning. Research demonstrates that communities of practice build professional and personal links both within and across faculty, student services and administrative and support units. This book describes how community of practice members may be physically co-located and how social media can be used to connect members across geographically diverse locations. It positions higher education communities of practice within the broader community of practice and social learning literature, and articulates the importance of community of practice leadership roles, and the growing focus on the use of social media for community of practice implementation. The multiple perspectives provide higher education leaders, academic and professional staff with the means to establish, or reflect on existing CoPs, by sharing insights and critical reflections on their implementation strategies, practical guidelines and ideas on how community of practice’s theoretical underpinnings can be tailored to the higher education context.

Facilitating Learning in the 21st Century: Leading through Technology, Diversity and Authenticity
Facilitating Learning in the 21st Century: Leading through Technology, Diversity and Authenticity

Author: Piet Van den Bossche

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-29

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9400761376

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This book tackles the latest challenges in education in the business sector, outlining how the students of the future must be taught to adapt to a highly fluid business environment in which their ability to acquire new skills and collaborate with others is more important than possessing facts. Taking its cue from the growing body of theory advocating multi-faceted and often multilingual education, the book focuses on ‘competences’ and collaborative, team-oriented, project-based learning. Beginning with a set of studies on the differences in individual learning and ways of supporting students, the volume moves on to a collection of papers on learning at the level of the group, which include material on team learning, and the sharing of knowledge in problem-based learning. The editors view these factors in education as an inevitable feature of pedagogy, reflecting the fact that knowledge, and its acquisition, is increasingly collaborative in our working lives, and especially in business. A final section applies the principles developed in the first two parts at an organizational level, evaluating the enormous implications these developments in our ideas about learning have for the educational institutions charged with teaching future generations. Combining research and theory with practical factors in business education and training, the volume provides wide-ranging perspectives on developing best practice in the sector.

Facilitating the Integration of Learning
Facilitating the Integration of Learning

Author: James P. Barber

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-07-03

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1000977609

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Students’ ability to integrate learning across contexts is a critical outcome for higher education. Often the most powerful learning experiences that students report from their college years are those that prompt integration of learning, yet it remains an outcome that few educators explicitly work towards or specify as a course objective. Given that students will be more successful in college (and in life) if they can integrate their learning, James Barber offers a guide for college educators on how to promote students’ integration of learning, and help them connect knowledge and insights across contexts, whether in-class or out-of-class, in co-curricular activities, or across courses and disciplinary boundaries. The opening chapters lay the foundation for the book, defining what integration of learning is, how to promote it and students’ capacities for reflection; and introduce the author’s research-based Integration of Learning (IOL) model.The second section of the book provides practical, real-world strategies for facilitating integration of learning that college educators can use right away in multiple learning contexts. James Barber describes practices that readers can integrate as appropriate in their classes or activities, under chapters respectively devoted to Mentoring, Writing as Praxis, Juxtaposition, Hands-On Experiences, and Diversity and Identity. The author concludes by outlining how to apply IOL to a multiplicity of settings, such as a major, a single course, programming for a student organization, or other co-curricular experience; as well as offering guidance on assessing and documenting students’ mastery of this outcome.This book is addressed to a wide range of educators engaged with college student learning, from faculty to student affairs administrators, athletic coaches, internship supervisors, or anyone concerned with student development.

Certified Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) Review Manual
Certified Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE®cl) Review Manual

Author: Karen K. Gittings, DNP, RN, CNE, CNEcl

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Published: 2019-07-03

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 082619494X

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The first manual to provide a systematic review of essential content for the CNE®cl exam This is the first review manual written for nurse educators who seek certification as a Clinical Nurse Educator specializing in the clinical learning environment. The resource encompasses all the essential knowledge—as designated by the National League for Nursing (NLN)—needed to pass the exam, and systematically follows the test blueprint so that those taking the exam will be optimally prepared. Complete with teaching tips, evidence-based teaching boxes, case studies, outlines, bulleted lists, and critical-thinking Q&As for each chapter, the book also provides chapter references for accessing additional content for each topic. Exam specifics and test-taking strategies help students to approach the exam with confidence. A practice test is also offered at the end of the book. Additionally, the resource is a valuable orientation guide for new faculty. KEY FEATURES Delivers well-organized, systematic coverage of review content to promote exam success Written for both novice and expert Clinical Nurse Educators Reflects the number of questions in each section on the test blueprint Highlights areas designated by the NLN as essential knowledge needed for excellence in the field Includes case studies and critical-thinking questions throughout all chapters Provides evidence-based teaching practice boxes Offers teaching gems with advice on improvement from practice experts Includes end-of-chapter review questions, PLUS a valuable 100-question practice test with rationales for self-assessment CNE®cl is a registered trademark of the National League for Nursing, which neither sponsors nor endorses this product.

Facilitating Group Learning
Facilitating Group Learning

Author: George Lakey

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-09-03

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0470886986

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Praise for Facilitating Group Learning "In this engaging and accessible book, George Lakey draws on a lifetime's experience to provide a highly practical resource to anyone seeking to understand and respond to the complexities of group work. The book will be invaluable to anyone trying to effect social change through groups while striving to stay simultaneously sane and employed." Stephen D. Brookfield, Distinguished University Professor, University of St. Thomas "I've been working with forms of direct education for many decades, and I found new ideas and inspirations in every chapter. For anyone involved in teaching, training, sharing skills, or leading groups, this book is an invaluable resource!" Starhawk, author, The Earth Path, Dreaming the Dark, and Webs of Power "George Lakey has inspired our union to engage in education in a way that challenges us to redefine social justice and equality in new and exciting ways. This book helps us to continue our journey to touch the souls of union members." Denis Lemelin, national president, Canadian Union of Postal Workers "Facilitating Group Learning will ease the way of all who venture into the white waters of facilitation. George clarifies the most basic, complex, and nagging challenges of facilitation, while honoring the realities of individual and social power dynamics and providing real-life examples from the path of continued growth and mastery. A rare gift!" Niyonu D. Spann, founding president, TRV Consulting and Beyond Diversity 101 "This book is a must-read for people who teach adults of any age, no matter what the subject, and care about doing it in ways that yield deep and abiding learning. Wonderfully well-written and rich with psychological and spiritual insights as well as practical strategies, it represents the fruits of a lifetime of transformational teaching and learning by one of the foremost adult educators of our time." Parker J. Palmer, author, The Courage to Teach, Let Your Life Speak, and The Heart of Higher Education

Facilitating Learning with the Adult Brain in Mind
Facilitating Learning with the Adult Brain in Mind

Author: Kathleen Taylor

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-03-07

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1118711459

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Practical "brain-aware" facilitation tailored to the adult brain Facilitating Learning with the Adult Brain in Mind explains how the brain works, and how to help adults learn, develop, and perform more effectively in various settings. Recent neurobiological discoveries have challenged long-held assumptions that logical, rational thought is the preeminent approach to knowing. Rather, feelings and emotions are essential for meaningful learning to occur in the embodied brain. Using stories, metaphors, and engaging illustrations to illuminate technical ideas, Taylor and Marienau synthesize relevant trends in neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy of mind. Readers unfamiliar with current brain discoveries will enjoy an informative, easy-to-read book. Neuroscience fans will find additional material designed to supplement their knowledge. Many popular publications on brain and learning focus on school-aged learners or tend more toward anatomical description than practical application. This book provides facilitators of adult learning and development a much-needed resource of tested approaches plus the science behind their effectiveness. Appreciate the fundamental role of experience in adult learning Understand how metaphor and analogy spark curiosity and creativity Alleviate adult anxieties that impede learning Acquire tools and approaches that foster adult learning and development Compared with other books on brain and learning, this volume includes dozens of specific examples of how experienced practitioners facilitate meaningful learning. These "brain-aware" approaches can be adopted and adapted for use in diverse settings. Facilitating Learning with the Adult Brain in Mind should be read by advisors/counselors, instructors, curriculum and instructional developers, professional development designers, corporate trainers and coaches, faculty mentors, and graduate students—in fact, anyone interested in how adult brains learn.

Facilitating Learning in Practice
Facilitating Learning in Practice

Author: Dawn Morley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-30

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 0429858310

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Many recent high-profile reports have emphasised the need for improvements and innovations in practice-based education for nursing and midwifery students in the UK to ensure safe care delivery. Addressing the new NMC standards of proficiency for pre-registration nursing, this book presents five significant areas of practice learning for student nurses and midwives in their pre-registration education and provides a guiding resource for practitioners at a time of significant change in the ethos and structure of practice learning. Each chapter provides a short case study and helpful learning points to assist readers in the application of the themes to their own practice. This concise and accessible book will act as a key stimulus for reflection on the changes in practice learning environments and will provide invaluable guidance on the new roles of Practice Supervisor, Practice Assessor and Academic Assessor. It will be essential reading for all academics and clinical practitioners who support student nurses and midwives with their practice learning.

Practice Teaching in Healthcare
Practice Teaching in Healthcare

Author: Neil Gopee

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2010-03-03

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1848601352

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Designed for nurses studying for the Practice Teacher Qualification under the Nursing and Midwifery Council's standards. Encourages critical understanding of the knowledge and competence required to fulfill the Practice Teacher role. Includes the concepts, theories, and frameworks underpinning the necessary skillset required to supervise and assess the learning of qualified healthcare practitioners participating in post-qualifying specialist or advanced practice programs.