Research Catalog

Title

The small group trainer's survival guide / Birge D. Reichard, Christiane M.F. Siewers, Paul Rodenhauser.

Author

Reichard, Birge D.

Publication

Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage, ©1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Siewers, Christiane M. F.
• Rodenhauser, Paul.

Description

ix, 146 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Laboratory education for the purpose of raising awareness is an important form of emotional learning. By studying individual reactions during affective education sessions, the trainer or facilitator is able to lead the group to greater self awareness. The Small Group Trainer's Survival Guide is designed for the leaders of training groups who need to know how to deal with the roadblocks created by participants' emotional reactions. Embarrassment, anger, fear of failure, anxiety about authority, and many other emotions are considered in this important volume. The authors skillfully guide readers through the laboratory education process, highlighting its theoretical foundations and the role of the trainer, as well as the recognition, prevention, and management of distress reactions in a group setting. Illuminating case studies provide lessons for thinking through effective interventions. Depending on one's skill in laboratory education, this volume serves as a reference, a refresher, an instructional aid, or a conceptualizing aid for experienced or novice trainers. All who use experiential, affective methods in learning--in classes, workshops, laboratories, or other settings--will find much of value in The Small Group Trainer's Survival Guide.

Subject

• Group relations training
• Psychic trauma > Prevention
• Leadership
• Sensitivity Training Groups
• Leadership
• Stress, Psychological > prevention & control
• Group relations training
• Psychic trauma > Prevention
• Kleingruppe
• Sensitivitätstraining
• Groepsdynamica
• Begeleiding

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-139) and index.

Contents

1. What Is Laboratory Education? -- 2. Theoretical Foundations -- 3. Typology and Dynamics of Distress Reactions -- 4. Recognizing Distress Reactions -- 5. Prevention -- 6. Managing Distress Reactions -- 7. Case Studies -- 8. The Trainer.

ISBN

• 0803947402
• 9780803947405
• 0803947577
• 9780803947573

LCCN

92012442

OCLC

• ocm25788895
• 25788895
• SCSB-8790756

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library