50 Ways To Teach Your Learner: Activities And Interventions For Building High-Performance Teams

Practical Exercises + Active Theory = TEAM SUCCESS!Some books show you how to structure experiential learning. Other books give you a showcase of experiential initiatives. Few books have effectively combined experiential theory and practice. Until now! Ed Rose assembles a framework for learning-by-doing; then he gives you active, practical exercises you'll use right away.In the past, you've had to struggle to encourage active participation. First, you stumbled through developing your own training design. Then you waded through game books to find one with suitably dynamic, practical exercises. Now everything you need is in a single source. An active framework complemented by active initiatives -- 50 Ways to Teach Your Learner has everything you need!Rose enables you to:
* Evaluate team-development needs
* Build an environment of trust and recognition
* Encourage adaptability and readiness for change
* Use simple and inexpensive props with maximum effect
* Conduct successful post-exercise debriefs . . . and much more!

ED ROSE is currently training manager at Harris Semiconductor. He is the author of Presenting and Training with Magic and numerous team-building activities. He has thirty-two years' experience in manufacturing, has served as quality examiner for the State of Florida, and has published numerous papers on the subject of self-directed work teams.

ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors
Part One: How to Use the Initiatives
Chapter One: Introduction to Experiential Learning
Chapter Two: Techniques for Facilitating Experiential Learning
Chapter Three: How to Use Initiatives
Part Two: The Initiatives
Adaptable: Initiatives that highlight communication, planning, and group dynamics
Trustworthy: Initiatives that highlight trust and mutual respect
Resourceful: Initiatives that highlight creativity, innovation, paradigms, breakthrough thinking, and problem solving
Optimistic: Initiatives that highlight moving beyond perceived limits, challenging biases, managing conflict, and benchmarking
Considerate: Initiatives that highlight creativity, valuing diversity, cooperation, and collaboration
Debrief and Warm Up: Initiatives that prepare participants for upcoming events
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