FW: sociometry of training

[thana ag]

Hi Adam,Rebbecca,and all!There is a lot of positive about standarized manuals. The problem with standarized manuals is that they do not include  a manuall of how to match students and teachers so that their style of teaching  and the students way of learning are a good fit.Some learn by instruction,some by immmersion, some by watching until ready to take  action. Sometimes, a seemingly passive group member ,opens her mouth and there the cummulative  wisdom of the weeks she sat silently pours out verballly ,or in action.anath

  1970s, I think the St. Elizabeth's Hospital (Washington DC) Psychodrama Program > created a syllabus for training---of sorts.> In the 1980s, Evie Lotze created a 3-volume training manual.> Eventually, it might be possible to create one that had the input of a number of > active trainers, reflected a degree of consensus, and might in turn be used for new TEPs > as an aid in their work.> Hm?> The ol' "pooling of different efforts" game?> > The reason I don't do it is that I am not active as a trainer now. It should > be done by folks who encounter the most common problems in training! What do trainers find > themselves dealing with that makes them sweat a little?> (Anyone can handle the easy stuff. As I saw at a tailor's shop: "Our difficult > customers are the ones that make us earn our money. Otherwise the guy down the block could > do the job at half the work and half the price.")> > warmly, Adam> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "HV Psychodrama" <hvpi at hvc.rr.com>> To: "Adam Blatner" <adam at blatner.com>; <drkatetsi at mac.com>; <list at grouptalkweb.org>> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:30 PM> Subject: Re: sociometry of training> > > > The Toronto Center has a very elaborate check list of specific skills and> > experiences. Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute has a less elaborate check> > list, but we do require students to show that they have attained a certain> > competency in basic skills and once a student has had a couple of hundred> > hours we meet with them to discuss their strengths and challenges, and what> > they might need to do to meet criteria for endorsement. I suspect that that> > is true of most ongoing programs. It can't even just be about hours as the> > primary trainer must endorse the student based on clear criteria set out by> > the American Board of examiners..> > Rebecca> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Adam Blatner" <ablatner at verizon.net>> > To: <drkatetsi at mac.com>; <list at grouptalkweb.org>> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:20 PM> > Subject: sociometry of training> >> >> >> Kate Hudgins brings up another point that I want to echo.> >>> >> 1. She notes "...the way sociometry at work in China. It is called guan> >> xi......getting something based on your relationship connections."> >>> >> 2. Notes also that her training is measured by check-lists! Their> >> supervisors assess hands-on skills according to these lists "...people get> >> after each time they are on a team. As there have been many pulls to pass> >> people based on relationship that I have been able to resist by returning> >> to the checklists."> >> Wow! Now that I've thought of this, and the workshops I've done, some> >> training activities, there has been a range of taking-responsibility an> >> demonstration of competence" for which there are few built-in indicators> >> or feedback. People just accumulate "hours," but with what quality> >> participation? Mere attendance should not be the only criterion.> >>> >> It is a risky topic indeed. Warmly, Adam> >>> >> Grouptalk mailing list> >> List at grouptalkweb.org> >> http://grouptalkweb.org/mailman/listinfo/list_grouptalkweb.org> >>> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------> > > > No virus found in this incoming message.> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com> Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.8/1800 - Release Date: 11/19/2008 6:55 PM> > > Grouptalk mailing list> List at grouptalkweb.org> http://grouptalkweb.org/mailman/listinfo/list_grouptalkweb.org

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