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Wiener, Ron – 1997
This book, written for trainers as well as for persons who occasionally provide training in a work setting, is organized in three parts. Each fact is individual, although there is some cross-referencing. "Running Staff Training Groups" focuses on the way in which trainers can use action learning methods such as role play to impart their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Creativity, Experiential Learning

Hollister, Bernard C. – Social Education, 1990
Describes a technique to teach students about U.S. society that involves: assigning each person an imaginary occupation and family statistics. Students attend a mock 20-year high school class reunion. The class discussion that follows this activity explores group dynamics and social patterns that evolve along class lines. (GG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Group Dynamics, Group Structure, Instructional Innovation