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Some guiding questions to help you make these choices include:
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Know: What are the key concepts that a trainee needs to know at a particular level of proficiency?
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Do: What are the key tasks associated with a particular phase of the TD process? How can participants practice
them in the training workshop at the appropriate level of proficiency?
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Be: What are the key attributes and values of TD that the participants should embody? What is the profile or
identity of a TD researcher? What is it like to stand in the shoes of a TD researcher?
Begin by developing a list of possible content without making choices prematurely, including: concepts, methods, skills,
readings, case studies, videos, and activities. It is always good to have more material and ideas to start with. To whittle
down what to include in the training, go back and forth between taking a big-picture holistic view of the entire training
event and thinking through the finer details. Go back and forth between the macro and micro view several times, imagining
yourself on the “receiving end” of the training you are designing.
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Do later activities build on preceding ones?
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Have the necessary concepts been introduced before a next step can occur?
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How closely does your training mirror the actual work of doing TDR?
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What assumptions are you making of pre-existing knowledge on TD or on the material contents (e.g., of a particular
sustainability concern)?
Your next step will be to begin to organize the content in a logical and meaningful way. Consider organizing it in a
framework or along an arc that gives shape and provides a structure to help you select what you want to include.
Returning to your purpose again and again will help you make the final choices.
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