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Social learning and hierarchies

This module is a part of a larger collection of bite-sized learning on facilitating social learning spaces.

This collection of learning bites was created by Danida Fellowship Centre together with Beverly and Etienne Wenger-Trayner and produced by Grape and Brand By Hand. Photos used in the collection were taken by @Crawfurd Media, @E Pictures Media Ltd, @Daniel Samwel and Danida Fellowship Centre, supplemented with Stock Photos.

““You could say that social learning is even more important if you have a very hierarchical organisation. If you don’t want people to just be robots and do what they are told, but you want them to engage their intelligence in what’s going on … it’s essential…””
Etienne Wenger-Trayner

The story about Priya: a question for you – for your own reflection

In the story you just heard, the format to guide the conversation is a case clinic. If you were the facilitator in this story, what would you have done? Choose one or more actions you believe could help.

Case clinic – guidelines

The step-by-step protocol for running a case clinic.

Case clinic – guidelines.pdf 61.2 KB Download

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