Participation in training or training in participation? An exploration of the range of meanings of 'participation' in teaching and learning
Participatory training has a range of meanings, from students who are encouraged to ask questions or express opinions at a lecture ('useful ingredients') to 'people coming together as equals to form a learning group, setting their own agenda'. The outcomes of such a radical approach to training (e.g. greater awareness of process, greater understanding of power, conflict and change) could be considered 'subversive' since they undermine less radical approaches.