Book chapter
Dimensions of facilitator education
The IAF handbook of group facilitation: Best practices from the leading organisation in facilitation, pp.525-541
Jossey Bass, Ed. & Pub.
2005
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 chapter reviews the literature on facilitation in an organisational development context and provides a model, which helps to organize and differentiate approaches to facilitator education. In The Dimensions of Facilitator Education Model, 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 model provides an interpretive framework to stimulate reflection, discussion and further research into the theory and practice of facilitator education within the organisational development field.
Details
- Title
- Dimensions of facilitator education
- Authors
- Glyn J Thomas (Author) - La Trobe University
- Contributors
- S Schuman (Editor)
- Publication details
- The IAF handbook of group facilitation: Best practices from the leading organisation in facilitation, pp.525-541
- Publisher
- Jossey Bass, Ed. & Pub.
- Date published
- 2005
- ISBN
- 9780787971601
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449212902621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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