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2.12 Effective Questioning 1 hour
Objective:
To learn to use questions to stimulate interest and
participation in discussions.
Activities:
1. Trainer gives a short talk as follows:
Explain to participants that a good field worker
makes his audience feel relaxed and happy to be at
the group meeting. He welcomes each person, talks
about local events while he waits for everyone to
arrive.
There are several tools that can be used to help
everyone in the group to be an active participant-such
as pictures, games, problem dramas--and we will
be dealing with these teaching techniques later.
However, almost all these techniques are based on the
effective use of questions and discussions to involve
the group.
Explain that in this activity you are going to discuss
how different types of questions can be used
to get people to express their ideas and to participate
in meetings.
The questions a field worker asks after showing pictures
or at the end of a problem drama or game are
very important. They help the audience think about
the important points and talk about their ideas.
There are different kinds of questions, and tney
each have different purposes. A mix of different
questions will usually lead to a good group discussion.
Inform the group tbn-. three kinds of questions will
be considered: closed questions, open questions,
and redirected questions.
2. Write on the blackboard an example of a closed
question such as:
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