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Allow only about 3-5 minutes for this activity so that spontaneous questions are recorded. | Allow only about 3-5 minutes for this activity so that spontaneous questions are recorded. | ||
After 3-5 minutes, explain what open and closed questions are (see background reading below) and ask for a couple of questions for | After 3-5 minutes, explain what open and closed questions are (see background reading below) and ask the whole group for a couple of example questions of each type for illustration. Write these examples (no more than two of each question type) on the blackboard or flipchart for reference during the game, or ask a volunteer participant to do so. When you are sure that participants have got the idea of the differences between the question types proceed with the game. | ||
During the game, ensure that participants do not feel less motivated if their questions are more closed or surface type. To ensure this: | During the game, ensure that participants do not feel less motivated if their questions are more closed or surface type. To ensure this: | ||
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* Maintain positive body language by listening attentively. | * Maintain positive body language by listening attentively. | ||
Before the session, prepare the workshop room by marking OPEN on one side of the room and CLOSED on the other side. To keep it simple, draw a line on the floor with | Before the session, prepare the workshop room by marking OPEN on one side of the room and CLOSED on the other side. To keep it simple, draw a line on the floor with chalk and write OPEN and CLOSED! | ||
To start the game, ask participants to look at the first question (on their respective lists), work out whether it is open or closed and move to the corresponding side of the room. When participants have categorised their first question, take a few examples from each side of the room for clarification that they have been correctly categorised. Participants move on to the second question on their list and categorise it in the same way. | To start the game, ask participants to look at the first question (on their respective lists), work out whether it is open or closed and move to the corresponding side of the room. When participants have categorised their first question, take a few examples from each side of the room for clarification that they have been correctly categorised. Participants move on to the second question on their list and categorise it in the same way. | ||
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Make this activity interesting by asking participants to run to | Make this activity interesting by asking participants to run to the appropriate side of the room (OPEN or CLOSED) at the sound of a clap and ask the participant who gets there first to clap when it is time to move again after considering the second question, and so on. | ||
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