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Thanks, y'all!

-M


From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jim Sibley
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 10:02 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A good book on group facilitation?

HI

Depends if you are talking specifically about facilitation skills or facilitating groups in classrooms....slightly different

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Pure Facilitation

For pure facilitation and good book to start is "Managing Facilitated Process" by Dorothy Strachan and Marian Piiters

Other books of interests

The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation - a dense tome...very complete....not the most user friendly
The Facilitator's Handbook by Thomas Justice and David Jamieson
Making Questions Work by Dorothy Strachan - interesting book presents different lines of questioning to achieve various different end.....I have to admit the first time I read the book I didn't get it---but it is now invaluable when I am designing a facilitation

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For Classroom Facilitation

I complete agree with Gary about Stephen Brookfield and Stephen Preskill's Discussion as a way of teaching: tools and techniques for democratic classrooms. >>>>GREAT BOOK, STEPHEN BROOKFIELD IS ALWAYS SUCH A TREAT TO READ

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0787978086/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=t0538-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0787978086&adid=0J7C2K1MFDMES6TD9MX7&

I also like The Art of Focused Conversation by Stanfield....present a very compelling discussion model that I use all the time

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0865714169/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=t0538-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0865714169&adid=17B7WC88F2S4DGSSQPFC&

If I was to pick a book to teach from it would definitely be Brookfield/Preskill's

Jim

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From: Gary Kapelus <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:43:18 -0400
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Subject: Re: A good book on group facilitation?

A great and practical soft cover book on the topic is Small Group Teaching: A Trouble-Shooting Guide, by Richard Tiberius, 2nd Edition 1999, Kogan Page Press, UK, ISBN 0 7494 2896 1

Also Stephen Brookfield and Stephen Preskill's Discussion as a way of teaching: tools and techniques for democratic classrooms. 2nd Ed 2005. Josey Bass ISBN-10  0 7879 7808 6
Both should be available through Amazon
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From: Team-Based Learning [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sweet, Michael S [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: October 5, 2011 6:43 PM
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Subject: A good book on group facilitation?

Friends,

I am being asked to help design a class in Facilitating Group Process for an Adult Education program.

Of course TBL will be a continual thread throughout the course, but I need a CONTENT source that is about group process and effective facilitation.  (I.e., something to write RAP questions on that is a little broader in context than one of the TBL books.)

All of my Group Dynamics texts are old and a little too theoretical.  I haven't hit Amazon yet-I thought I'd go to the Source of wisdom on matters like this first:  the TBL community.

Can anyone recommend a book that I might consider as a text for a class like this?

Any advice will be much appreciated!

-M


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