CPY 703 - Training and Group Facilitation for Social Action

Credit(s): 1-3
This course will examine principles and practices of a participant-centered model for designing and facilitating training, education, and action research projects focusing on peace and social justice activities. The course will focus on design of participant action, training, and education projects using principles and practices from participant action research methodologies, critical theory, liberation theory, feminist theory, Buddhist mindfulness, and David Kolb’s adult learning model. The framework accounts for different learning styles and considers the varied purposes of learning tasks. Participants will examine the power of participant-centered approaches in group and social change work. Students will develop a project design, demonstrate elements of the design in classroom simulations, and receive feedback from others.