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Facilitating Workshops: A Resource Book for Lecturers and Trainers (Palgrave Teaching and Learning)

Facilitating Workshops: A Resource Book for Lecturers and Trainers (Palgrave Teaching and Learning)

by Marilyn Lewis (Author), HayoReinders (Author)

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    Paperback 2014

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The only book providing advice on facilitating workshops aimed specifically at lecturers and academics. Full of practical resources and materials including suggested activities, handouts and whiteboard layouts to help people tasked with running workshops in higher education settings or at conferences, even without having received specific training.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Edition: 2014
 Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 07 May 2014
ISBN 10: 1137304200
ISBN 13: 9781137304209
Book Overview: Reassuring, sensible advice about the topic of workshops with sound theoretical underpinnings to support its immensely practical ideas...a very positive and welcome addition to the literature.' - Dr Bill Dunn, Professional Development Adviser, University of Oxford, UK 'This is an excellent book that offers something for both the experienced lecturer and the novice. One of the many strengths is the way the book interweaves theory and practice, exploring the best ways to facilitate workshops and providing the underlying theory to support these ideas. The authors are both highly experienced practitioners and have provided an extremely readable text that is positively brimming with good ideas.' - Rob Abbott, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood and Education, University of Chichester, UK

Media Reviews
'Reassuring, sensible advice about the topic of workshops with sound theoretical underpinnings to support its immensely practical ideas...a very positive and welcome addition to the literature.' - Dr Bill Dunn, Professional Development Adviser, University of Oxford, UK 'This is an excellent book that offers something for both the experienced lecturer and the novice. One of the many strengths is the way the book interweaves theory and practice, exploring the best ways to facilitate workshops and providing the underlying theory to support these ideas. The authors are both highly experienced practitioners and have provided an extremely readable text that is positively brimming with good ideas.' - Rob Abbott, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood and Education, University of Chichester, UK
Author Bio
Dr. Hayo Reinders (www.innovationinteaching.org) is Professor of Education and Head of Department at Unitec in New Zealand and Dean of the Graduate School at Anaheim University in the United States. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching'. Hayo's interests are in educational technology, learner autonomy, and out-of-class learning and his most recent books are on teaching methodologies, digital games, and second language acquisition. He edits a book series on 'New Language Learning and Teaching Environments' for Palgrave Macmillan.

Marilyn Lewis is an honorary research fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
They are the authors of The International Student Handbook and Study Skills for Speakers of English as a Second Language.