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07 FS5How effective are your personal questioning strategies?ObjectiveParticipants will be aware of the importance of ‘high yield’ questions in facilitativediscussions.Time20 minutesMaterialsHO 07 FS5.1 –Types of questionsTask & OrganisationInput for task: own ideas5.1 (3 minutes – plenary) Ask participants to brainstorm the types of questions that arehigh yield. Introduce the terms used in (HO 07 FS5.1) in relation to the questiontypes they come up with. Discuss also question types that should be avoided:leading, multiple questions and sensitive questions.5.2 (5 minutes – groups of three) In each group, one participant should act as the‘interviewer’, another as ‘interviewee’ and the third as an observer. Theinterviewee should choose a topic they would like to talk about, for example aholiday, hobby, or work. The interviewer than asks questions in order to find out asmuch as possible about the chosen topic in a 3 minute period. They should try toask as many ‘positive high yield’ questions as possible, but avoid,leading/multiple/sensitive questions. The observer records the number of eachtype of question asked and examples of both ‘good’ and ‘bad’.OutputIdeas on good questions.Feedback(5 minutes – groups of three) When the exercise is finished, ask the participants in theirgroups to feed back to one another:♦ The interviewer commenting on how they felt it went.♦ The interviewee commenting from their perspective.♦ The observer providing objective feedback on the types of questions asked.(3 minutes – plenary) Briefly discuss interesting points arising from the exercise.Give participants a copy of HO 07 FS5.186 Jamaica All Age Schools Project: Facilitator Training for School Based Resource Teachers