1. Using soft skills in non-formal education
Understanding methods of participatory training

2. How to select the most appropriate method?

3. What is the subject matter?
Increasing knowledge
Increasing skill
Generating awareness
Who are the learners? Who is the facilitator?

4. Group work: reading and summarizing groups of 5 participants step 1: summarize one information card into 5 sentences (15 minutes) step 2: members of group 1 divide over the other groups to discuss their method using the five sentences, one group member goes to the trainer (2 minutes) step 3: members of group 2 divide over the other groups to discuss their method using the five sentences, one group member goes to the trainer (2 minutes) step 4: members of group 3 … etc.

5. Example group work: Lecture 1
Example group work: Lecture 1. A lecture is an effective way to introduce new information or concepts. 2. Hard to make a lecture interesting and participatory. 3. Go into the learners’ worlds by providing illustrations and examples. 4. Useful to accommodate a large number of learners at the same time. 5. A lecture is very teacher centered.

6. Overview of other teaching methods 1. Reading material 2
Overview of other teaching methods 1. Reading material 2. Practice and apprenticeship 3. Demonstrations 4. Field visits 5. Picture/poster 6. Slide show/films/animation 7. Learning instruments 8. Learning games 9. Ice breakers 10. Fish bowl

7. The roles of the facilitator in structured experiences 1
The roles of the facilitator in structured experiences 1. Choosing the appropriate method 2. Preparation 3. Briefing about the task 4. Classroom organisation / dividing into groups 5. Maintaining control 6. Monitoring the discussion 7. Debriefing 8. Consolidating and summarising 9. Providing inputs