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What's it about?
This workshop provides a solid and inspiring grounding in the basics of reviewing activities in groups, mostly using discussion-based methods.
Who Should Attend?
Activity specialists and others who are keen to add to the value of activity-based programmes.
What is involved?
Participatory sessions that build on your existing knowledge and experience.
Why 'kick-start'?
This may be all you need to boost your self-development as a reviewer, or to get your groups reviewing.
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Kick Start to Reviewing
Session 1
Images of Reviewing
Introductions
What is reviewing?
Pictures of reviewing
one-liners about reviewing
models of reviewing
'Model-free' reviewing
using intuition and balance
Session 2
Facilitation = Making Learning Easy
Attitude Shifts
from teaching to facilitating
from passive to active learning
Doing Reviewing
Mid-Activity Reviewing
Repeating the Activity
Rounds
Action Points
Mid-way evaluation
Session 3
Creating the Right Climate
Generating Ground Rules
Monitoring the Climate
Reviewing Checklist
Seeing and Seizing Opportunities
Session 4
Methods
Self-Development for Reviewers
(introduction to follow-up materials)
Action Planning
More Reviewing Methods
More methods will be
briefly explained,
discussed or tried out in response to
participants' needs and interests
Final Evaluation
Follow-up
Self-Development Exercises
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Why Review?
- You are more in touch with learners' perspectives.
- You are developing their communication skills (and yours).
- You are developing learning skills (yours and theirs).
- You are adding value to what is already happening.
- You are making benefits more tangible.
- You are generating evidence for evaluation.
- You become more alert and responsive to what is going on.
- You help learners clarify and achieve their objectives.
- You make transfer of learning more likely.
Preparation: Participants will be recommended to carry out one or two preparatory tasks.
Variations: Programmes are readily adapted to suit different client groups.
Related Workshops
PB2 Discussion-Based Reviewing
PB3 Active Reviewing
PB4 Creative Reviewing
PB5 Constructive Reviewing
PB6 Reviewing with a Purpose
PB7 Reviewing for Group Development
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REVIEWING SKILLS WORKSHOP PB1