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:
Permaculture students come from all walks of life and everyone has their own way of receiving and processing the new information, skills and ideas. On Rosemary Morrow's teacher training courses an essential part of the content is familiarising with Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory and the four different styles of how people learn that he's identified.
Session length: 90 minutes Learning outcomes By the end of the session, participants will be able to: read landscapes and point out microclimates. map microclimates in a house or garden. describe how to modify extremes of climate
Session length 90 min.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the session, participants will be able to
Session Plans are needed to structure the time available with students and to become clear about outcomes and activities.
Andy Goldring, UK Permaculture Association, has shared seven lessons plans:
1. Real Wealth and Wiser Money
Objectives:
Monika Frank, France, has shared some lessons plans: 1. Design Process and Elements of Permaculture Design.
A 90 minute session. Objectives: Know different steps in design cycle / process. Know why it is important to follow a design process and that it is cyclical.
Some more interesting material by Aranya, with acknowledgements to Victoria Chislett (see contact info at the end of the article). Enjoy! VAK Learning Styles Self-Assessment Questionnaire Circle or tick the answer that most represents how you generally behave. (It’s best to complete the questionnaire before reading the accompanying explanation.) 1. When I operate new equipment I generally:
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
Why are patterns important?
Patterns can be physical, behavioural or structural. Other ideas: A pattern I use well: A pattern I would like to change: Some Permaculture patterns worth remembering: