M1 - Monday 11th
How to manage the difference between facilitating and teaching
Characteristics of a good facilitator
Characteristics of a good teacher
Differences
Facilitating vs. teaching*
Group focus vs. individual focus
Process ownership vs. content ownership
Guiding vs. directing
Discovery vs. understanding
Invisibility/transparence vs. centered focus
Understanding systems vs. understanding adult learning
Help the group/team achieving or changing or … their goal vs. the teacher owns the goal
Group dynamics focus vs. individual behavior focus
* might have been facilitating vs. teaching vs. training vs. consulting but we defined facilitating and teaching to be the most important and suitable topic of the session
Traps
When you don’t make your current role clear
Asking leading questions instead of exploratory questions
If the facilitator go for her own goal instead of the group goal
Trying to do too much at once (facilitating and teaching)