Today I am planning to finish my second reflection which I haven't done yet. Hehehe. I find that today is very beautiful day because after so long KL is raining and the weather is slightly better than before. I feel less warm today in hostel. Okay ! Lets proceed. Today my reflection two is about the misapplication of group discussion. As we all know group discussion always be done during classes that were given by our teacher to complete a task. It is also an interview process where a set of people are given a topic to present their views on the topic to reach to a conclusion in favor of or against it. But we also know that sometimes we misuse it for other purposed.
As you can see, this picture above tells everything what really happening in a group discussion. Firstly the misapplication of group discussion is the one person that always dominate the group and never give another members to speak out. By dominating the group they can not tell their points and fear of talking because they feel that their point are in relevant. This dominating group will interrupt the group discussion while others member trying to explain their point. And this will make the discussion uncompleted and maybe they will lose some important information. We shall give other member in the group to talk and give their views. However, misapplication of group discussion can be gossiping also. They will tend to gossip more than having discussion. Others who find that the discussion very bored will tend to gossip and never relate to the topic of discussion. This discussion are more in gossiping rather than having group discussion. Poor communication skills can also be the misapplication group discussion. When our communication is bad we tend to keep quiet and will talk less in group discussion. This will never help us in giving ideas in group discussion and it will never be a successful discussion. We might have little point as well. Having good communication skills in members can help the group discussion to discuss the topic clearly and have many points as possible. This is the few misapplication of group discussion.
That is all from me now, hope to share my next reflection real soon :D
Hello dear, how are you??
ReplyDeletewell my question would be..
how you will prevent and manage a bad group discussion?
Hello dear, I am fine, thank you. In my opinion, to prevent and manage a bad group discussion is by listening and observing what all the members is saying and jotting down so that it will be easier to conclude other members opinion. Staying focus and giving attention during the group discussion take place can also prevent bad group discussion such as gossiping other topic that are not related with the group discussion. This is the few examples to prevent bad group discussion.
DeleteHi Jasvinder! A very interesting article on group discussions but can i know what are the ways to overcome this misapplications that are mentioned above.
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
Have a nice day !
Hi Anna ! Yes there are few ways to overcome the misapplication of group discussion is by giving other members opportunity to share their ideas so that there will not be any dominating members in the group discussion. Besides that staying focus is important so that unrelevant gossiping will not occur in the group discussion.
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ReplyDeleteDo you think group discussion is not a good idea for teaching learning process?
Hi Hema !! In my opinion, group discussion is also important in learning process. Where students will share ideas and opinion with different opinion and thinking style. This will make the learning process interesting. Students will tend to do well in speaking and writing as well because of group discussion.
Deletegood discussion is good for learning but there must still someone to look over the discussion, do you agree?
ReplyDeleteHi Sabri, Yes I agree that someone need to look over the discussion but all members must have equal right to talk and share ideas not the only one person dominating it all the way.
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