Chapter 18
Instructional Facilitation
Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan
In This Chapter
- Learn the difference between training and instructional facilitation
- Learn the functions of an instructional facilitator
- Understand the importance of flexibility in presentations
The dictionary defines facilitation as "the act of making easier." More specifically, Roger Schwarz (2007) in his book The Skilled Facilitator, provides this definition:
Group facilitation is a process in which a person whose selection is acceptable to all members of the group, who is substantively neutral, and who has no substantive decision-making authority diagnoses and intervenes ...
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