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Contents 1 Content Processing Activity – For Example? 2 Aims: 3 Time: 4 Participants: 5 Materials: 6 Procedure: 7 Note:

Content Processing Activity – For Example?

Aims:

• To illustrate the content to be introduced through examples

• To help participants connect the content to be introduced with real life

Time:

At least 30 minutes

Participants:

At least three participants

Materials:

• Flip charts

• Markers

Procedure:

I) Before the training session, prepare a presentation of the content you’d like to introduce to participants. Include one or two examples to illustrate the content. Try to keep your presentation down to less than 10 minutes.

II) Ask participants to divide up into groups of 3-6 people. Enable group members to sit close to each other and have a working space.

III) Explain that their task is to share experiences relating to the topics introduced in the presentation, and to come up with 2-3 examples that illustrate this content.

IV) Let groups start working, and allocate sufficient time. Walk around the room, helping if necessary.

V) Get the groups to conclude their work. Ask group members to remain seated and think for one minute in silence about the stories and examples that have just been shared.

VI) Ask each group to choose one example which they think is most relevant for illustrating the content introduced. Ask each group to nominate a spokesperson.

VII) Allow each group to illustrate their example. Encourage Q&As and facilitate discussion.

Note:

Alternatives to this process include:

• You can ask each group to write down the example they’ve chosen on an index card, and then circulate the cards amongst the groups.

• You can divide the plenary into pairs, instead of groups of 3-6 people. Then ask each person to share a story or come up with an example that illustrates the concept introduced.

• Once stories or examples have been generated, you can ask the groups to create scenarios from them and then role-play them.