ABSTRACT
Facilitation, as the term is used in this book, refers to processes by which one member of a group operates to help the group analyze issues, learn from experience, and work as a team to draw conclusions. In aviation settings, the facilitator is typically an instructor, however facilitation requires the instructor to work in ways quite different from those of traditional instruction. The traditional roles of the aviation instructor have been to convey information, typically to trainees who are less knowledgeable than the instructor, and to evaluate trainee performance. Facilitation, in contrast, focuses on assisting trainees to learn and evaluate through their own inquiry. Facilitation is especially appropriate when trainees already possess substantial expertise.
