A Typology of Approaches to Facilitator Education

Autor/in	Thomas, Glyn
Titel	A Typology of Approaches to Facilitator Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Experiential Education, 27 (2004) 2, S.123-140 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-8259
Schlagwörter	Experiential Learning; Classification; Literature Reviews; Skill Development; Consciousness Raising; Theories; Educational Methods; Individual Characteristics; Politics of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Bewusstseinsbildung; Theory; Theorie; Educational method; Erziehungsmethode; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	The literature on facilitation describes the skills, methods, models and theories of facilitation but gives less coverage to the assumptions and philosophies that underpin the processes by which facilitators develop. This paper reviews the literature on facilitation and provides a typology, which classifies the different approaches to facilitator education, based on the levels of consciousness proposed by Giddens' (1984). In the typology, technical facilitator education approaches are skills-based and formulaic, whereas intentional facilitator education approaches purposively ground facilitation skills and methods in theory. Person-centered facilitator education approaches intentionally emphasize the attitudes, personal qualities or presence of the facilitator, whereas critical facilitator education approaches seek to raise the awareness of the political nature of facilitation. The typology provides an interpretive framework to stimulate reflection, discussion and further research into the theory and practice of facilitator education within experiential education. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10