Understanding facilitation

Communication is a process of exchange of information,ideas,feelings,thoughts  etc. where in there is a sender and a receiver.

Facilitation is to ease a process and making learning process interesting.

In facilitative approach,  communication plays an effective role as it is the only way to get maximum participation from everyone.

There are two types of communication. They are verbal and Nonverbal communication. Facilitator needs to be very active in observation as well as listening. Especially when learners do not speak, a facilitator’s role is to observe those learner’s and probe to respond. 

Both trainer and learner play an equal right in facilitation. Facilitator guides the process, motivates and encourages learners, identifies learner's potential and brings out the hidden talents. 

Communication is not only giving lecture and giving instructions but more of extracting information from learner's and collating facilitator's and learners' thoughts together in order to make learning creative and produce something out of their thoughts. It is making use of resources within and get something productive out of it. Therefore facilitator needs to be an effective listener and observant. Also understanding the learners is very important.