| Step one: Circle |
Sit in a circle so everyone can see each other. In online sessions, we encourage camera opening. |
| Step two: Community |
Build a community by selecting the correct opening exercise. |
| Step three: Stimulus |
Share a stimulus |
| Step four: Thinking-talk time |
Allow a thinking time and/or talking time about the stimulus. |
| Step five: Concept extraction |
Identify the concepts and main ideas raised by the stimulus |
| Step six: Question making |
Individuals, pairs, or group thinking and discussion time to make questions follow |
| Step seven: Question analysis and selection |
Work on questions by linking them to concepts and identify logic and hypothesis behind them. Then using any voting techniques, allow the group to vote on a single question. |
| Step eight: Discussion |
Start a discussion about the question. The group that selects the question has the right to start the discussion by an attempt to answer the question. Then the discussion flows. |
| Step nine: Summary |
At the end a final word can be given by any participant. It is encouraged to invite a member who did not share a lot of thought to say the final word that summarizes the discussion. |
| Step ten: Reflection |
At the end participants reflect on the quality of the discussion: what went well? What can be improved? |
