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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"group facilitation"”.
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Online Psychosocial Support for Oncology Patients: A Group Facilitation Manual
… that accompany traditional oncology support groups. While research has shown that online therapy is effective, the quality and efficacy of therapy is often unknown and/or sub-optimal and essential psychological care cancer patients deserve is compromised. The purpose of this project was to …
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What's At Hand: Improvisation, Group Facilitation, and 'Agreement' Among Strangers
In this support paper, improvisation artist Jayden Pfeifer reflects on the history, creative process, and theoretical framework at the foundation of what’s at hand: a facilitated improvisation performance that engages the gathered audience as both spectator and participant, and promotes the teacher …
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Decision interaction processes and decision product quality: a comparative study of a group support system: CyberQuest™ and the nominal group technique
This study's objective was to compare a Group Support System (GSS), i.e., CyberQuest, with the Nominal Group Technique (NGT). Its basic assumption was that discussion outcomes are enhanced by decision interaction processes, the quality of group facilitation, the intensity of group interaction, the …
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Facilitator presence: an autoethnography.
… this means taking a variety of roles, including group leader, supervisor, coach, mentor, change agent. I use the term 'facilitator' as shorthand for all of these. My thesis makes a contribution to practical knowledge in relation to the subject matter and the methodology. My main focus is the …
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Social facilitation of polydipsia as an animal model of compulsive behavior
… The purpose of this study is to test social facilitation as a potential mechanism through which compulsive behaviors are acquired, via an animal model. Schedule-induced polydipsia (SIP) was employed as the behavior of interest because there is empirical support indicating it as an animal …
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Examining social climate and youth social goals on extended wilderness courses: A path toward improving participant experiences
… in which students had (a) higher perceptions of group cohesion and task orientation combined with (b) lower perceptions of leader control were be more likely to have higher positive changes in their social development goal orientations. Additional analysis used instructor reports to understand …
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Facilitating Creative Learning: Engaging in a Practice of Care
… but by relationships. This dissertation explores facilitation in creative learning environments as a relational practice centered on care—not as a set of techniques, but as a deeply human way of being with others, a commitment to creating spaces where people feel supported enough to explore, …
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An exploration of developing skilled facilitation within transformational practice development in healthcare
Facilitation is key to engaging people in transformational change and facilitators require considerable skill. However, a thorough understanding of the nature of facilitation and how people develop as facilitators remains elusive. This research investigated the experiences of practice development …
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Supporting decision analysis : a pragmatic approach
… elicitation and application of preference data; facilitation as a group decision support tool; and the development of hypothetical scenarios. The purpose of decision analysis and decision support is to improve problem solving. With a pragmatic approach in mind, two normative models are compared …
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Confidence and mastery in mothering occupations
… METHOD A Delphi survey was used. This group facilitation technique elicits expert opinions by reaching consensus. The list of occupations was not intended to be comprehensive and all-encompassing for mothering. It was informed by mothering literature, compiled by the researcher, then …
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Designing for Change: How a School Counselor Formed and Facilitated a Teacher Work Group Focused on Promoting Desirable Teacher-Student Relationships
… of counselors that influence the formation and facilitation of teacher teams have not been studied. Using a design-based methodology, this study examined how a school counselor organized and implemented an effective work group that aimed to support the formation of desirable teacher-student …
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Early childhood development practitioner’s experience of the occupation of nurturing with children from birth to five years: a descriptive qualitative study
… an educare. They achieved this through guided group facilitation in the psychosocial training workshop, which in turn ignited a healing process. The holistic approach to the practitioner training created the awareness and motivation for them to explore their occupation of nurturing. They …
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Building Implementation Networks: Building Multi-organizational, Multi-sector Structures for Policy Implementation
… and consisting of individuals, special-interest groups, public organizations, private organizations, non-profits, etc., none of whom have the individual power to autonomously determine the strategies and actions of all the other actors, policy processes can no longer be viewed as the …