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Group Building Activity
Become aware of different perceptions of time and space (can be used for further discussions and/or agreement of ground rules for the training event).
* Write on a flipchart clusters from 5 up to 100 (e.g.5 sec, 10 sec., 15 sec., etc.).
Participants stand up in a circle with the flipchart at the head. Participants close their eyes and count off one full minute. When they think the minute is up, they should open their eyes to see how much real time has been marked off on the flipchart. The leader marks off the seconds on a paper. Once people have opened their eyes, they remain silent until the last person has stopped counting (leader can stop the exercise after 100 seconds).
Make the comparison between those who finished first and last. Make the point that people have different senses of time and that co-operation and respect will be needed in order to stick to the daily timetable.
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http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/47
This tool is for
15-40
and addresses
Group Dynamics, Intercultural Learning
Materials needed:
Flipchart, watch
Duration:
5 Minutes
The tool was created by
Unknown.
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The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Unknown (on 8 July 2003)
and last modified
21 June 2010
Comments
I have encountered this exercise being used in the Training for trainers seminar in Seoul, Korea last October. This is quite effective in making people realize how differently others sense time with one's own sense of time. One participant actually slept in such a short time!!!
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