Focus group discussions 

Notes:
Compiled in a hard bound binder.  

Contents:

Acknowledgements............................................................1
Section 1: Becoming a Learning Group...........................5
Discovering Expectations..................................................7
Participants' Hopes............................................................9
Speaking in Pictures.........................................................11
Ice Breaker........................................................................12
How Do I Behave in a Group?.........................................13
Team Building...No Talking!............................................15
Forming Small Work Groups..........................................16
Triadic Interviews.............................................................17
Broken Squares................................................................18
Blindfold Game.................................................................21
What Is Education For?....................................................22

SECTION 2: Discovering Needs.......................................25
Self-Awareness: Analyzing Goals...................................27
Learners as Individuals....................................................29
Assessing Learners' Needs.............................................31
Understanding Others.....................................................33
One Problem, Two Views................................................34
Learners as Experts.........................................................35
A Village Profile.................................................................37
Verifying Interests............................................................39
Problem/Resource Analysis............................................41
Collecting Information.....................................................43
Interviewing - Good and Bad!.........................................45
Interviewing Techniques.................................................47

SECTION 3: Choosing Appropriate Methods and Materials...49
Behavior Models................................................................51
Overview: Teaching Techniques....................52
Leading a Discussion......................................54
Stimulating Questions....................................56
Brainstorming...................................................58
Communicating Ideas....................................60
Setting the Tone for Learning..........................62
Discussing an Article..........................................64
Role Playing: Open-Ended Dramas....................69
Creating Open-Ended Dramas..............................71
Stories that Start Discussion..................................73
Games for Teaching and Learning........................83
Old Woman/Young Woman....................................85
Differences in Visual Perception.............................89
Picture Reading.........................................................93
Using Comic Books...................................................96
Poster Parade...........................................................97
Flexiflans in the Barrios............................................98

SECTION 4: Assessing Progress and Results.............101
How to Assess Learning................................................103
Basic Questions..............................................................105
What Did I Do Wrong?...................................................107
Planning Home Visits.....................................................109
A Simple Evaluation Tool...............................................112

SECTION 5: Designing and Field-testing Participatory
Learning Activities..........................................................119
Developing and Testing Learning Experiences..........121

APPENDIX A: The impertinent PERT Chart..................131
Consultants and Trainers..............................................144
Bibliography....................................................................145
Index of Learning Activities..........................................146
Index................................................................................147