Description
Book Synopsis
Teaching in Practice offers a range of practical methods for teaching and facilitating learning geared to the day-to-day realities encountered by professionals in the human services. Drawing on the literature of adult education and on a wealth of practical examples from different kinds of professional, practice Farquharson provides a wide range of conceptual models for improving teaching in human service practice.
Trade Review
"Here is a book I have been waiting for for a long time a clearly written, theoretically sound, and up-to-date helpmate for workers at all levels. Farquharson's enthusiasm for the idea that the most potent tool in human service practice is the facilitation of lifelong learning is contagious." (Malcolm S. Knowles, professor emeritus, North Carolina State University)
Table of Contents
1. Teaching and Learning as Facets of Professional Practice.
2. Viewing Clients and Patients as Learners.
3. Developing Learning Relationships with Clients, Patients, andColleagues.
4. Becoming Skilled at Group Facilitation.
5. Assessing What Needs to Be Learned.
6. Teaching Effectively--Spontaneously and By Design.
7. Selecting Resources and Activities to Support Teaching.
8. Using Evaluation to Enhance Effectiveness.
9. Helping Through Teaching: Enhancing Professional Practice.
