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Group Dynamic: Affected by Various Personalities

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Within a group, you will have various personalities:

Some will be very detailed and want a thorough coverage.  Others will be more global and tend to look more at the big picture.

Some will be debaters and want to argue all sides.  Others will be peace makers and tend to back away from disagreements.

Some will be talkers and want to do nothing but discuss.  Others will be thinkers and want to take in content.

Some will be diplomatic in discussions and want to focus more on grace.  Others will be blunt and want to focus more on truth.

With different personalities come different tendencies … attitudes, preferences, ways of relating, ways of thinking, motivations, needs, reactions, etc.

As a result, Bible teachers and small group leaders might have this give and take, push and pull going on, depending on which personalities are present.

  • How do teachers accommodate the different personalities?
  • How do teachers keep keep from fashioning the session only or primarily according to their own personalities?  …. or according to the more assertive personalities?
  • How do teachers help everyone learn from each other?

Teachers must begin by gaining an understanding of the different personality types.  Click on a book cover below to go to one of our affiliate stores for books looking at personality from a Christian perspective.  These books are not written specifically for teachers but could serve as a basis for gaining a greater understanding.  Perhaps a group of teachers could read one of the books and then gather to discuss the implications for teaching.

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