Examples of an introduction course can be ound in the two entries below:
The Permaculture Educators' Course (Permaculture Teachers' Training) was held at Friland eco-village in Denmark by Andy Goldring.
Playback theatre (PT) is a tool to share personal stories that are performed by PT actors. Audience and stage are at the same level and the link between them is the conductor/facilitator who creates a safe/welcoming atmosphere and invites people to share their stories. Main goal of PT is building community but is can be used also with other aims (therapeutical, problem solving, arising conciousness about a particular issue and so forth).
During the third of the seven EPT meetings held at Quinta do Vale da Lama in Algarve, Portugal, teachers from all over Europe extensively discussed various course formats for teaching Permaculture to beginners:
There are also advanced training opportunities for Permaculturalists (who have a PDC):
We will start promptly at 10am on both days, please try to arrive around 9.30 so we have time to settle in before we start. Bring food to share for lunch, magazines, books or other materials of interest, and warm clothes as we will be going for a walk on Saturday.
Saturday
In this article I offer a “junior teacher's” perspective to selecting content and methods for a two day introductory course. I also asked Graham Bell, one of the most experienced permaculture teachers, his take on designing a full Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course.
See a separate article with timetable, core curriculum and Graham Bell's thoughts, here.
Teachers, designing and preparing a course, may find these resources helpful: Andy Goldring, UK, shares a Checklist for things to prepare / think about for a course (download the PDF), including:
This is a course timetable for a PDc run in 2012 in Leeds by Andy Goldring. The course runs over 7 weekends, one weekend a month from February till June . Full timetable: Leeds_PDC_2012_timetable
Here you can find linked a sample timetable (in PDF) of a 12-day Permaculture Design Course, as delivered by Graham Bell at The Red Shed - Garden College, in Scotland over 6 weekends.
Graham Bell also writes below about his ideas for a successful Permaculture course. He's been teaching permaculture over 25 years.
