Today we had the participants do the
heavy lifting. The participants were split into groups, given a health
topic and told to come up with an hour lesson. We concentrated yesterday
on creative teaching tools and have been trying to point out good facilitation
techniques all week.
Today many of the students used the
tools we discussed yesterday, putting in practice what they learned. We
saw a lot of creativity with songs, skits and games. Some tried different
formats for their lessons and others incorporated riddles and a race! We
focused a lot on the difference between giving a lecture and facilitating
learning. Many had to put into practice a style of learning they have never
used before. They did a great job working through initial discomfort and
nerves!
Our goal was that they might have a
little practice in facilitation and crafting lessons. We hope that the
participants will be equipped to facilitate learning in their
communities. These could also help them with multiplication of their work
where simple preventative lessons could make a big impact.
It's also a
good practice to learn how to formulate questions to stimulate
discussion. They also had to learn to manage group work, keep on topic
and manage the time in a lesson. They all did a great job, especially
giving feedback and helping create a safe place to make mistakes and learn how
to do this "facilitation" thing better - Joanna Geiger -
Jung Dangshing sent me the teaching schedule for this week of CHE. I thought you all might like to see it as well.
Jon
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