Session 8.9
PERSONAL ACTION PLAN AND EVALUATION
What did I learn and how am I going to use it?
Introduction
This session is an opportunity for people
to formulate action plans to follow on from this course
and to assess what they have learned during this course.
Materials
Copies of the Action Plan sheet
Sheets with evaluation questions
Time
2 - 2.5 hour
Group size
10 - 30 people
Process
This activity is designed to get people
to think what they can do within a specified time, one or
three or six months. Each person should have a copy of the
Action Plan sheet which they work through alone.
First they must decide on their goal: what it is they
want to do in relation to what they have learnt about racism,
anti-Semitism, intolerance and xenophobia and peer group
education. It could relate to their personal or professional
life; it could be to acquire more knowledge concerning the
above mentioned issues; to attend a course for anti-racist
education; to read a book about peer group education; to
set up a training course for peer educators; to talk with
family and friends about the increasing racist incidents
etc. Whatever they choose, it should be realistic and achievable
within the time frame that they specify.
After answering the questions alone they should then form
pairs to share their answers with each other. Then in the
large group each person should tell the others what the
goal is and how they will celebrate when they achieved the
goal. It is important to acknowledge the difficulties that
could lead to sabotage but, finally to stress the need for
- and the value of - celebration.
For the evaluation it's important to use a method
of evaluation that best suits the group. It is also important
that the course evaluation is an on going and joint affair
(including discussion of trainers and group behaviour).
Described here is one evaluation technique which has been
successfully used in different settings. Select a few sentences
which are appropriate for the evaluation session, write
them on a sheet and hand this out to the group. Explain
that these sheets will be handed in and that they do not
have to sign them.
Unfinished sentences:
• Right now I feel.....
• Next session I hope....
• The best thing about this session
was....
• One thing I really liked was....
• I wish I could....
• I think we could have....
• I learnt....
• One thing I did not like was....
• I would change....
• Next time we....
• This course has been...
• I want to know....
• I can propose....
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