Facilitate individual and group learning

ITC ILO - DELTA Programme 2 FACILITATE FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING  Adjusting the learning session plans: On the basis of:  Contents expectations  Operational expectations  Learning contract  Facilitate learning: Apply the learner-centered approach:  Managing the learning environment  Managing the learning process  Co-facilitate with other trainers

ITC ILO - DELTA Programme 3 Managing the learning environment Environment: physical and social/psychological ‘container’ COMMUNICATIONGROUP PROCESSESCOGNITIVE LOAD APPROPRIATE BALANCE

ITC ILO - DELTA Programme 4 Communication  Message or content  Sender  Receiver  Channel RELATIONSHIP (style of interaction) AND FEEDBACK (it has to be constructive) “Same contents can create different relatioships if communicated in different ways” Ability to listen (displaying a coherent behavior): Listening with disregard Listening with value judgment Listening with deviation Listening with questions Listening with empathy

ITC ILO - DELTA Programme 5 PROJECT: the fundamental task of the group, the activity which motivates its existence (e.g. a proposal) PROCEDURES: All the resources, methods and instruments used PROCESS: the network of human relationships which are established and all the collective activities (also called ‘group mechanism’) Group processes What is a group? What are the components of the group? THE THREE ‘P’s MODEL

ITC ILO - DELTA Programme 6 1.FORMING (FORMATION/FUSION) “group infatuation” (Various sessions)  Initial insecurity and prudence  Creation of a ‘sense of place’ within the group  Braking the ice, getting to know each other  Initial commitment 2. STORMING (EXCHANGE OF IDEAS/IDENTIFICATION)  Multiple individual anxieties spring up  Earlier infatuation breaks up  Participants remember their individual predilections  Participants seek a definition in clear terms of who is who: tendency to define roles  Exchange of concerns  Who is going to take the decisions? The facilitator? What is exactly his/her role? GROUP STAGES (more than ‘phases’ they are ‘situations’)

ITC ILO - DELTA Programme 7 3. NORMING STAGE (SEARCH FOR CONSENSUS)  Convergence of opinions and individual inputs take place  Individual differences are accepted and new rule for working together are set  End of the pre-performance: they can start performing using the strength of a cohesive group 4. PERFORMING STAGE  The group feels that not everything needs to be negotiated: there are rules and they are accepted  Interest for deepening the study and the research N.B. Avoid to apply mechanically the stages, but try to understand and facilitate the process. GROUP STAGES (more than ‘phases’ they are ‘situations’)

ITC ILO - DELTA Programme 8 TRADITIONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Learner-centred Multisensory stimulation A combination of methods Single media Multimedia Information delivery Information exchange NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Trainer-centred Single-sense stimulation Single method Delivery approaches

ITC ILO - DELTA Programme 9 Delivery approaches Active/exploratory/inquiry-based learning Critical thinking and informed decision-making Proactive/planned action Authentic, real-world context Collaborative work TRADITIONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Passive learning Factual, knowledge-based learning Reactive response Isolate, artificial context Individual work

ITC ILO - DELTA Programme 10 We do not longer speak of TRAINING FACILITATING LEARNING TO GUIDE, HELP LEARNER DEFINE THE DIRECTION OF THEIR LEARNING PROCESS, FIND THEIR OWN PACE, AND CONTROL THEIR PROCESS FACILITATING LEARNING but