Series 1: Learners as Enablers

Title:

Leaders as Enablers. Training Modules for Community Leadership Development

Series Concept:

Sally Habana-Hafner

Year of Publication:

1996

Price:

$3.00.- per Module

Each of these training modules resulted from our work in partnership with refugees and immigrants to build capacities that enhance the quality of life in newcomer communities. Guided by participatory education and collective action, this series arose of the training and education program developed with leaders from newcomer communities. The problem-solving approach linked with action-reflection forms the basis of our training, and cna be adapted to the sociocultural realities of individual participants and their communities.

Module 1: Group Process

This module addresses fundamental issues and dynamics in working as a group for collective action. It begins by familiarizing participants with key concepts of group need, function, role, and dynamic. By doing exercises with metaphors and puzzles, participants learn that group building requires maintaining a team spirit while getting a task done. The second segment highlights two major topics in group dynamics: communication and conflict resolution.

Module 2: Community Outreach

This module seeks to sensitize participants to the complexities of doing effective outreach and to provide them with an understanding of the issues and skills important in initiating community work. Community mapping, outreach techniques, and participatory action research are some of the methods highlighted for implementing community development programs.