John Heron, well known for his previous books, The Facilitator's Handbook (1989) and Group Facilitation (1993), both of which have become standard reading on the subject, now integrates, builds on and updates those works to provide this comprehensive guide to making a success of facilitation. The key to the new book lies in the way in which it helps facilitators to understand and develop a personal style to their work. Analytical in approach and highly structured, it offers strong theoretical content on the fundamental thinking underlying facilitation (which includes exploration of its dimensions and modes, whole person learning, and a comprehensive group dynamic theory) but combines this with a wide repertoire for practical action designed to enable facilitators to build up their skills effectively. John Heron's distinctive merit here is his demonstration of the benefit to be derived when such skills not only suit facilitator's own personality but can also be matched to whatever situation facilitators encounter. This publication makes John Heron's seminal work newly accessible - for it is now available for the first time in paperback - to a new generation of facilitators in both training and education.
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This work is a new compilation: it fully revises, integrates, and extends with additional material, four earlier books, Dimensions of Facilitator Style (University of Surrey, 1977), The Facilitators' Handbook (Kogan Page, 1989), A Handbook for Leaders (University of Surrey, 1990b) and Group Facilitation: Theories and Models for Practice (Kogan Page, 1993). Read the first page
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This work is a new compilation: it fully revises, integrates, and extends with additional material, four earlier books, Dimensions of Facilitator Style (University of Surrey, 1977), The Facilitators' Handbook (Kogan Page, 1989), A Handbook for Leaders (University of Surrey, 1990b) and Group Facilitation: Theories and Models for Practice (Kogan Page, 1993). Read the first page
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I bought this to find out what a facilitator is/does. The book has provided me with comprehensive information. I can relate well to the group dynamics (form experience of being in a group) and to the facilitator's relationship and interaction with groups/trainees. An excellent book, I know I will go back to it time and time again. Well written, the explanations are in depth without being too technical.
Perhaps if you are already a facilitator or experienced trainer, some of this will not be new to you. However, I imagine it would prove to be a useful addition to any library.
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This is the book used within my role as a facilitator and it provides me with support and guidance when setting out to facilitate meetings, learning/teaching episodes. Very useful especially if you have never used a facilitative approach before.
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By P. Palmer
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I believe myself to be a reasonably competent facilitator but this book, far from inspiring, left me utterly baffled. It over-complicated the subject, burying a discipline that is all to do with clarity and good communication in an avalanche of psycho-babble. I couldn't relate to the terminology and by making the book about every learning interaction (including class teaching) it made it too generalised and non-specific to be of any use in a business setting. Only for the dedicated academic reader.
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his own worst enemy
John is clearly a very bright man and a large part of the vibe of the book is to HAMMER that message home. Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2011 by greenmurphy
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Awful
I have attempted to read this book several times and each time have failed. It is vastly overcomplicated "psychobabble". Read more
Published on 6 July 2006 by D. J. Carpenter
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Over complicated
Heron's model of facilitation is over complicated and parts of this book are badly written psycho-babble. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2006 by Eric Sheppard
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