Peer Facilitation: Accelerating Individual, Community, and Societal Change

Athena D. F. Sherman, Monique Balthazar, Sangmi Kim, Lacretia Carroll, Karis Casseus, & Sarah Febres-Cordero

Emory University

Abstract

Purposeful peer facilitation is a key ingredient for successful Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL). The peer facilitation model has successfully been applied in several different contexts, and can have a profound effect on individual, community, and societal change. Effective Peer Leaders must learn to create space, understand and address social determinants of learning, and nourish the potential of peers. Herein, we describe key attributes of effective Peer Leaders, discuss the application of peer facilitation in various settings across individual, community, and societal domains, and provide recommendations for the real-world application of the peer facilitation model.

Keywords: Peer-led, Peer Learning, Facilitation, Peer Facilitation, Models Facilitating Change

Recommended Citation

Sherman, A., Balthazar, M., Kim, S., Carroll, L., Casseus, K., & Febres-Cordero, S. (2023). Peer facilitation: Accelerating individual, community, and societal change. Advances in Peer-Led Learning, 3, 18-33. Online at https://doi.org/10.54935/apll2023-01-03-18