Learning With Colleagues : An Action Guide For Peer Consultation

The content and role of working have changed in significant ways as a result of new technologies and broader social and organisational changes. Work serves a range of purposes for individuals including recognition, influence, self-expression and self-fulfilment. Learning with Colleagues relates to personal development, enabling individuals to enter into a deeper relationship with colleagues to learn from them and with them. The book will be an important stimulus to creating a workplace learning environment. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-3 Peer supervision and action learning: similarities and differences....Pages 4-9 Who or what is at stake?....Pages 10-14 The art of asking questions....Pages 15-21 Consultation methods....Pages 22-44 Choosing the right method....Pages 45-48 Preconditions: fostering peer supervision and action learning....Pages 49-53 Front Matter....Pages 55-57 The role of the facilitator....Pages 58-61 Methodical interpretation of the facilitator’s role....Pages 62-67 Creating conditions for mutual learning....Pages 68-71 Giving feedback....Pages 72-77 Keeping an eye on the mirror....Pages 78-90 Encouraging development....Pages 91-98 Handling difficult moments....Pages 99-102 Front Matter....Pages 103-106 Some concepts and definitions....Pages 107-111 Four learning styles....Pages 112-123 Learning to learn better....Pages 124-130 Upward spirals: life-long learning....Pages 131-134 Downward spirals: fantasies and limitations....Pages 135-143 Front Matter....Pages 145-148 Peer consultation as a complement to education and practice....Pages 149-156 Extension I: Short-cycle learning....Pages 157-163 Front Matter....Pages 145-148 Extension II: Project-based action learning....Pages 164-171 Extension III: Self-managed learning and learning networks....Pages 172-180 Back Matter....Pages 181-227

the Content And Role Of Working Have Changed In Significant Ways As A Result Of New Technologies And Broader Social And Organizational Changes. Work Serves A Range Of Purposes For Individuals Including Recognition, Influence, Self-expression And Self-fulfilment. Learning With Colleagues Relates To Personal Development, Enabling Individuals To Enter Into A Deeper Relationship With Colleagues To Learn From Them And With Them. The Book Will Be An Important Stimulus To Creating A Workplace Learning Environment.