ABSTRACT

This sourcebook is for all who work with others on participatory learning and change. Written in a spirit of critical reflection and serious fun, it provides 21 sets of ideas and options for facilitators, trainers, teachers and presenters, and anyone who organises and manages workshops, courses, classes and other events for sharing and learning ideas. It covers topics such as getting started, seating arrangements, forming groups, managing large numbers, helping each other learn, analysis and feedback, dealing with dominators, evaluation and ending, coping with horrors, and common mistakes.

part |1 pages

PART 1 BRIEF BASICS

chapter 1|1 pages

21 Dos

chapter 3|3 pages

21 PRA/PLA Behaviours

chapter 4|4 pages

21 PRA/PLA Questions to Ask Oneself

part |1 pages

PART 2 BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END

chapter 5|14 pages

21 Ideas for Getting Started

chapter 6|9 pages

21 Energizers

chapter 7|14 pages

21 Ideas for Evaluation and Ending

part |1 pages

PART 3 MESSING UP

chapter 8|4 pages

21 Mistakes I Make in Workshops

chapter 9|4 pages

21 Horrors in Participatory Workshops

chapter 10|3 pages

21 Ways to Not Answer a Question

part |1 pages

PART 4 GROUPS, SEATING AND SIZE

chapter 11|12 pages

21 Ways of Forming Groups

chapter 12|13 pages

21 Arrangements for Seating

part |1 pages

PART 5 ANALYSIS AND LEARNING

chapter 14|21 pages

21 of the Best

chapter 16|13 pages

21 Ways to Help Each Other Learn

chapter 17|4 pages

21 Tips on How to Avoid Lecturing