FACILITATION-THEORY
AND PRACTICE
Ms. May Ann C. Cereno, LPT
Facilitation
It is a learning process in which a leader,
called a facilitator, guides a group of
individuals towards a goal or a destination.
Facilitation Theory
❑ Premised on humanist approach in
learning.
❑ Basic premise – learning will occur through
the educator acting as facilitator.
Other characteristics of
theory of facilitative
learning
❑ Natural eagerness to learn
❑ There is some resistance to and unpleasant
consequences of, giving up what is
currently held to be true.
❑ Changing one’s concept of oneself.
According to this theory,
facilitative teachers are:
❑ Less protective of their constructs and beliefs than other
teachers.
❑ More able to listen to learners, especially to their feelings.
❑ Inclined to pay as much attention to their relationship
with learners as to the content of the course.
❑ Apt to accept feedback, both positive and negative and
to use it as constructive insight into themselves and their
behavior.
Learners are:
❑ Encouraged to take responsibility for their
own learning.
❑ Provide much of the input for the learning
❑ Encouraged to consider that the most
valuable evaluation is self-evaluation
Uses of Facilitation
❑Group training
❑Group problem solving
❑Team unity
❑Collective decision making
❑Group processing
Beliefs of a facilitator
❑ People are intelligent, capable and want to do the right thing.
❑ Everyone’s opinion is of equal value, regardless of rank and
position.
❑ People are more committed to the ideas and plans that they
have helped create.
❑ Participants can and will act responsibly in assuming
accountability for their decisions.
❑ The process if well designed and honestly applied can be
trusted to achieve results.
Basic concepts of group
facilitation
Groups
An entity comprised of individuals who come together
for a common purpose and whose behaviors in the
group are guided by a set of shared values and norms.
Haynes, 1998
Group Facilitation
It is a process in which a person whose selection is
acceptable to all members of the group, is
substantively neutral, and has no substantive decision-
making authority diagnoses and intervenes to help a
group improve how it identifies and solves problems
and makes decisions, to increase the group’s
effectiveness.
Types
of
groups
T-Groups
Counseling Groups
Therapy Groups
Work Groups
Focus Groups
support Groups
Psycho-educational Groups
membership Groups
references Groups
open Groups
closed Groups
In-Groups
out-Groups
Family Groups
Friendship Groups
THANK YOU!
The VE/ESP Teacher as a
Facilitator of Learning
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The VE Teacher as facilitator:
❑ Sets a conducive climate for learning.
❑ Creates /Provides structured learning activities.
❑ Elicits meaningful experiences from learners
❑ Shares personal experiences
❑ Models values for the learners
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Teachers as a
Facilitator of Learning
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What does it mean when
we say, "Teachers are the
facilitators of learning?"
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Facilitator of learning
• A teacher who does not operate
under the traditional concept of
teaching
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“There is no lesson (which) can
be done without an interaction
in the classroom.”
-An old Chinese proverb-
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Traditional method of
Teaching
Concerned with the teacher being the
controller of the learning environment.
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Modern Teaching
a learner-centered and activity-based
teaching method which is used to get
learners fully involved.
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https://asaolusam.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/modern-teaching-method/
Leadership
Leadership is the ability of an
individual or a group of individuals to
influence and guide followers or other
members of an organization.
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Can anyone become a
leader?
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Group Leadership
Skills
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Understanding and
Understanding Self
developing a positive
attitude about who you
are, what is important to
you, and setting goals
for improvement.
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Good communication skills
Effective two-way
sharing of information
through speaking,
listening, writing, and
body language.
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Developing an
Getting along with others
understanding of how
you relate to other
people and accepting
and appreciating the
differences between
others and yourself.
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Learning steps and
Managing
approaches to making
decisions, setting goals,
and choosing resources
(time, things, people, or
money) to achieve those
goals
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Working with groups
Learning how to
work together to
help groups
accomplish goals.
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Effective
Facilitating Skills
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Making everyone feel
comfortable and
valued
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Encouraging
participation
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Preventing and
managing conflict
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Listening and
observing
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Guiding the group
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Ensuring quality
decisions
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Ensuring outcome-
based meetings
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Thank you!
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