{"id":9345,"date":"2018-06-22T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/?p=9345"},"modified":"2024-06-28T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T13:47:00","slug":"discussions-flop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/discussions-flop.htm","title":{"rendered":"When Small Group Discussions Flop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consider this Scenario:<\/strong><\/p>\n

You purchased a discussion guide you thought would be good for your class. You know another group leader who used it and said it was one of the best small group studies they ever did. Your group, however, just sat there staring at you offering little interaction. What they did share was short and shallow. You finished the sessions early. What went wrong?<\/p>\n

Why Small Group Discussions Flop & What to Do<\/h2>\n

In the case of the above scenario the discussion might have flopped for several reasons. What to do depends on the cause.<\/p>\n

1) Perhaps the subject matter of the discussion wasn’t as relevant to your students as it was to the other group or your class lacked sufficient background knowledge to discuss the questions.<\/p>\n

What to Do:<\/em> Build relationships with your students so you get to know them better — their needs, interests, abilities, level of spiritual maturity, etc. Then you will be more likely to choose content that relates to them or tweak it so it does.<\/p>\n