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In the context of mediation training curriculum refers to course work and the contents of training program. Time table refers to schedule of events with time slots. A trainer cannot ignore the importance of both. Designing a training program involves lots of inputs. It needs focus, attention, devotion of quality time, experience, expertise, and co-ordination amongst trainers. Designing is an art. ItContinue reading “Week 46: Curriculum and Time Table”

One of the pitfalls in which a trainer can easily get trapped is the temptation to focus more on ‘trainer’s performance’. At times, Trainer’s preparation revolves more around how best his/her performance level should be, how can he/she become more popular, how can he/she be acknowledged and appreciated by every one as more informative and knowledgeable etc.Continue reading “Week 45: Shifting the Focus from Trainer to Trainee”

This technique is used more in advanced trainings. It can also be used in refresher courses if the trainees have experience of mediating more than 100 cases. Example 1. Petition for annulment of marriage filed by husband. Husband’s allegations: Wife claimed herself to be B.Tech graduate. But fifteen days after marriage he found out from her certificatesContinue reading “Week 44: Case Study”

This technique of “Partnering the Role Play” is used in refresher courses and in advanced trainings. This technique needs a lot of preparation beforehand. Each of the trainees is asked to prepare a short role play with facts of a mediated but unsettled case. Each trainee is asked to bring three sets of this role play. They are askedContinue reading “Week 43: Partnering the Roleplay”

Mega roleplay is one which starts on the first day of training and ends on the last day of the training. It is supposed to be continued with the same participants. Ideally speaking all the participants have to be trainers. Where so many trainers are not available to play different roles, only then some amongstContinue reading “Week 42: Mega Roleplay”

One of the wonderful skills that can be used by a trainer while giving training in mediation is applying the technique of “What next?” This technique is more useful while giving forty hours’ training in mediation. Trainer should not forget that ultimate aim of forty hours’ training in mediation is to enable the trainees to handle mediationsContinue reading “Week 41: Applying the Technique of ‘What Next?’”

One of the essential requisites of Training in Mediation is that concept and application should come together.   In order to fulfill this, it is ideal to use the (i) examples and (ii) questions. Using examples is based on the principle that “What is unknown or not known can be understood or made to beContinue reading “Week 40: Working through Examples”

The classification of trainers is meant for self-evolution. It can be done by individual trainers. Assessment by others may not always be correct. Many a times, even if proper assessment is made by someone other than the individual trainer, the trainer may not agree to it or accept it.  Three broad classifications LEVEL ONE: TrainersContinue reading “Week 39: Method for Self-Classification of Trainers”

Training is a learning process for the trainer as well for the trainees. Broadly speaking there are three tiers of learning process: Learning by listening and reading. Learning by reflection. Experiential learning Learning by Listening and Reading In this, one’s focus is on receiving more and more information either by listening to different experts inContinue reading “Week 38: Three Tiers of Learning”

Nothing in training is an empty formality. When any training program begins, it is customary that the trainers and the trainees get introduced to each other/s. When the trainer introduces himself/herself, most of the times, all the trainees will remember the name of the trainer and the contents of brief introduction. But when it comes to introductionContinue reading “Week 37: INTRODUCTION – From Mechanical Approach to Purposeful Approach”