Coherence of the learning process

For/pro/pluses/advantages/benefits

• Responds to conceptual framework
• Not having to start from scratch
• All volunteers will have access to the same/similar process (in theory)
• Focus of the inputs will be the same (not the outcomes/methods)
• More awareness by the trainers of the whole learning process (not just the individual events)
• More empowering for the volunteer to be pro-active in a more visible process
• More coherence helps trainers explain and justify their approach
• New opportunities for cooperation

Potential risks/limiting factors

• Making a “global concert” risks not responding to diverse, individual needs
• Makes learning “formal” again
• Difficult to ensure continuity (different training systems + approaches in different countries)
• More coherence may lead to less “plurality” of approaches/risk of restriction of new ideas & approaches
• Can choose the content/tool for the volunteers limit their own appreciation of new possibilities (metaphor of the forest), (things unforeseen… learning which is unexpected)
• Does it not limit our responsibility + autonomy of volunteers?
• May limit the development of more participant-based processes
• Can concentrate too much on common content rather than common understanding