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Roger Greenaway Workshop - Active Reviewing

Venue: Edmund Park 213 Mulgowie Rd Thornton Qld.

Time and Date:  Saturday November 29, 9am - Sunday November 30 3pm.

Cost:  Members $ 210 
             Non Members $240

A practical workshop for developing people's (active) reviewing toolkit. Most methods include 'things' (preferably natural - or handy like ropes), movement and creativity as well as reflection. Why this eccentric approach to reviewing? It's about including and engaging everyone in reflection on experience and making reviewing at least as involving and memorable as the activity being reviewed - it is partly about developing an approach to reviewing that is holistic and includes all learning styles. Read More

 

By promoting outdoor education as a means of learning and by developing professional practice in outdoor education, the OEAQ will contribute towards developing thoughtful, knowledgeable and skilled professionals who can participate in creating and maintaining just, humane and environmentally sustainable communities.

Roger Greenaway Workshop


Some of the concepts covered in Roger’s presentations include;

TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE DESIGN, FACILITATION AND FOLLOW-UP OF YOUR OUTDOOR PROGRAMMES:

• Learning Outdoors: appreciating and harnessing what is special about learning outdoors
  
• Learning from Experience: why it matters and how this affects future learning
  
• Making 'stories' from outdoor experiences: the programme story, the group story and individual stories
  
• Seamless Reviewing: integrating reviewing into activities
  
• Making Reviewing an Adventure: reviewing for impact
  
• Independent Reviewing: developing learners' own reviewing abilities
  
• Design Templates for high impact outdoor programmes (with a variety of experiences and story lines)
  
• Creating Souvenirs for all learning styles and for retelling and developing significant stories
• After Effects: exploring a range of follow-up strategies from 'quick and easy' to more committing strategies. 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER AND FACILITATOR

Roger Greenaway has earned a world-wide reputation for providing practical training in facilitating lively and effective reviews. OEAQ secretary Mark Munnings attended a workshop session in the UK that Roger facilitated. Mark reports that a group of 100 delegates were able to have their ideas heard and concepts refined through a very interactive process that Roger used with the group. Roger has also provided staff training for a wide range of outdoor organisations in the UK (his home country) and throughout Europe and Asia. He has a background in teaching and training and was awarded a doctorate in 1995 for a study of the 'powerful learning experiences' of managers taking part in outdoor programmes. Roger has also written handbooks for outdoor educators and chapters for European and American books about experiential learning. His own books are out of print, but his extensive website at http://reviewing.co.uk is a free resource that is recommended browsing as preparation and follow-up for this event - especially the articles section.

LIMITED WORKSHOP PLACES

Roger prefers to work with smaller groups given the nature of his content and this event will be open to only 20 OEAQ members. The Two day workshop includes dormitory style accomodation at Edmund Park and all meals during the workshop. Register for the Workshop by visiting the Events page.