This introduction to facilitation will provide educators and trainers with all they need to understand and develop facilitation skills. With a synthesis of established and current theory the book marries research with real world examples.

Based on research and facilitator experiences, it advises how to adapt learning materials to suit specific situations and offers techniques to deal with conflict."--BOOK JACKET.

A facilitator helps groups of people to enable them to interact more effectively in a wide range of situations and occupations, including workplaces, organizational planning, leisure and health activities and community development. Facilitation is an emerging and exciting profession.

"Like many Australians, journalist Christine Hogan viewed the Islamic world with a mix of fascination, bemusement and apprehension. But overcoming her trepidation, she decided the only way to gain any understanding of Islam - the religion, the culture and the people - was to see things first-hand. So began a journey of discovery through Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and the Gulf States." -- back cover.

Sharing the unique beauty and history of the Southwest had always delighted Rainy Gordon, and now as a tour guide for the Harvey House Detours, she's given ample opportunity. When the colorful array of well-to-do guests includes a famous movie actor, she is surprised to find his attentions are drawn her way. She is equally intrigued when Duncan Hartford accompanies her trips as a driver trainee. But the past she's left behind threatens to haunt her again when she becomes a suspect in an investigation of stolen Indian artifacts. As evidence continues to mount against her, Rainy fears for her job - and her heart, as well.

Empowerment is a term that has grown in use in community development and the business world in recent years yet few books have actually detailed the processes which individuals and groups can use in order to develop. This book includes numerous exercises which enable adult learners to analyze their past experiences; change accepted definitions of power and empowerment and develop strategies to address problems and projects in a more empowered way. Facilitators and trainers are encouraged to adopt and adapt the tools used in this book - tools that include card sorts, stories, myths, case studies, film analysis and personal stories from the author. Used to great effect in Europe, the USA and Canada, the processes have also been used very successfully applied in a number of different cultures including Aboriginal groups in Australia, Moslem women in Malaysia, Danish development workers in Nepal and lecturers in Mongolia!

A witty survey of why some women are so much better than others at finding the right man, handling him and keeping him. The result: humorous, occasionally outrageous, suggestions on how to decide what kind of man is right for you, how to find him, how to get him interested in you and, most importantly, how to keep him.

[The book] is a series of tried and tested, practical classroom strategies for all tertiary educators in anay discipline. These strategies are designed to energise students and classroom interaction. They are intended to assist student learning and comprehension, and to help develop better interactive relationships between lecturer and student, and between students themselves. By adopting and adapting the processes described in this book lecturers can significantly improve student motivation, comprehension and performance, as well as their own enjoyment of the teaching and learning process. [publisher's note]

A celebration of women's role in Australian television - on camera and behind the scenes - told through the eyes of many of the key players. The stories they tell are funny, sad, shocking and always entertaining. Featured interviews include Toni Lamond (the first woman on TV in Victoria), Maggie Tabberer, Noni Hazelhurst, Rachel Perkins, Mary Rossi, Jackie MacDonald, Noeline Brown, Gretel Killeen, Jane Turner and many more.