Description
Effective preparation, creation, and implementation
Participants’ demands toward seminars, trainings, and workshops are growing. Therefore, an emphasis should be placed on preparation and conduction. In the seminar, you will provide your audience with a complete overview of the characteristics of adult education and the necessary learning conditions. Furthermore, basics of didactics and methods as well as means of effective seminar planning and creation will be trained. Additionally, your participants will receive helpful tips for the appropriate usage of multimedia, and overview of the various types of participants, and a professional guideline for dealing with disruptions and conflicts.
Table of contents
Introduction
Fundamentals
Seminars, trainings, workshops – what is the difference?
The seminar
The training
The workshop
Important characteristics of adult education
Preconditions for successful learning
How the brain works – A brief excursion
Types of learners
Memory
Breaks and regeneration
Insights from learning psychology
Guiding principles of modern didactics
The significance of inner processes
What makes the participants tick
Possibilities to evaluate, stimulate, and restore the work capacity
The seminar facilitator’s inner attitude
Seminar planning
The needs analysis
Questions concerning the topical context
Questions concerning the goals
Questions concerning the leadership role
Conflicting perspectives
Compiling topics
Participants’ benefits
The seminar facilitator’s personal interests
Worksheet: Basic seminar planning
Participants and target groups
The participants’ motivation
Worksheet: Target group analysis
The learning matter
Learning goals
Examples: Content categories and learning goals
Worksheet: Learning goal analysis
Approaches
Different types of events and their significance
Teaching methods
Planning the structure
Worksheet: Planning the structure
Additional planning aspects
Checklist: Seminar materials
Checklist: Seminar locations
Seminar practice
Group formation and work assignments
Media and tools
Essential conveyance methods
Lectures
Trainer-student conversations
Group work
Role-playing games
Controlling learning goals
Types of participants
Dealing with disturbances and conflicts
A final remark
Day clearing
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004ZH3FO2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ TRAINPLAN (May 4, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 4, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 459 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 174 pages
