This blog series is about the optimal interaction of teaching and learning – topics that concern every trainer, course coach, education secretary, lecturer and pedagogical staff.
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The gaze is concentrated on the screen. Movement limited to frugal typing on the keyboard. Passively taking things in for long periods of time. That‘ s where an energiser comes in handy. We asked our colleagues and collected some: Energisers for online training.
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„We will either find a way or build one.“
„Tactics means doing what you can with what you have. (…) In the world of give and take, tactics is the art of giving and taking properly. We want to deal here with the tactics of taking, namely how the have-nots take power from the haves.“
(Both quotes Saul Alinsky, Guide to Being Powerful)
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The following exercises mainly address the observation and comparison of behaviours attributed to male and female. The focus of the observations should not be so much on one’s own behaviour, but rather on the collective and social aspects of gender. At the same time, however, it should be kept in mind that collective attributions can also quickly affect or hurt our individual self-image. Careful handling is particularly important here: gender stereotypes should be addressed but at the same time they should not be reinforced or codified.
„This just can’t be true!“ thinks Paul in the middle of an online meeting for which he had been commissioned as facilitator. A few more or less successful interventions and about two hours later the meeting is over and Paul’s energy reserves are quite depleted. This is also how he describes the situation when he meets up a few days later with his four colleagues – all of whom are experts in working in and with groups – for an exchange. After months in the online format, the multi-professional group is finally meeting physically again – equipped with daily updated Coronatest results.
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Over the past year, the current Corona pandemic has time and again challenged us to develop and try out new, digital learning formats. Yet the classic face-to-face seminar also comes with certain advantages in education and training. How can classroom seminars be best intertwined with digital elements? One versatile option is the format of blended learning.
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Many people know this: A „small“ change in a familiar procedure may hardly be noticed or it may throw everything out of line – or something in between, which is the more likely and more frequent effect. This is also the case with courses that have already been held several times, where the structure and content remain the same, but there is an occasional change in the trainers. Paul and Beate are facing exactly such a situation and would like to get advice from their colleagues this time.
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During the last years the authors of the REFAK blog have produced a rich collection of articles, educational ressources, method descriptions, didactical & theoretical contributions and seminar documentations. Particularily for the last months the number of readers has exploded.
Now we want to make the ressources of the REFAK blog accessible for an even bigger international audience. As we are in constant exchange with international partners in trade union education, translating our educational ressources is a prerequisite for a fruitful exchange of ideas, experiences and practices. Therefore our English speaking experts Astrid Donaubauer and Fred Taucher have translated a representative selection of articles from the REFAK blog into English. To be continued…
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… bis zum nächsten Jahr!
2020 neigt sich dem Ende zu, das letzte REFAK-Seminar ist bereits abgeschlossen – wir vom REFAK-Team machen Winterpause und wünschen allen Teilnehmer*innen und Blog-Leser*innen entspannte und erholsame Feiertage!
Raising your voice and shouting out what concerns you. That’s what some people want to do when it comes to issues such as equality, diversity or solidarity. What can be heard only as a brief shout and then perhaps fades away, can be captured with a low-threshold photo activity à la loudhailer and captured for a longer time. Because pictures can be a mouthpiece for what people have to say, can shake things up and stimulate discourse.
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