Originally Posted by
keithl
Facilitation should be seen as just another instructional tool. Like lecturing, demonstrating, discussing, questioning. It is up to the instructor to choose the most effective method of getting his point across. Facilitation "goes with" CRM because it allows the participants to draw the lessons from the learning experience for themselves. It would not be suitable, therefore, for learning basic handling skills!
keithl is right. Facilitation is just another way to pass info to the student(s). It requires a lot more of involving everybody into an open discussion regarding the subject, taking care as an instructor to "guide" the discussion in such way as to touch your main points and through them your training objectives. It's easier for the trainee because you take him away a bit from the typical classroom environment and "facilitate" learning.
And of course, as it has been said in the previous post, it is not suitable for all types of training, but works nicely for CRM.
rgds.