FUN & INTERACTIVE WAYS TO TEACH
RELATIONSHIP TOPICS
IN FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCE
FACS to the Max Presentation
MNSU: Family Consumer Science
October 26th, 2012
Dan Moen Ph.D., CFLE
Note
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“Pig Personality Profile”
• With a sheet of paper & pen/pencil
• Take 1 minute to draw a pig.
Teams!
Quick
Find 4 to 6 people who have a similar
looking pig
Sit by them, they will be your new
teammates.
Accuracy
• Take a minute to discuss with your new teammates:
• Was this assessment accurate?
Team Based Learning (TBL)
• Form Teams of 4 to 6 people
• Can be random assignment
• Or systematic (i.e., Pig Personality exercise)
• Put your chairs into a circle
• 96% Student Approval Rating!
What is TBL & How Does it Work?
• http://www.teambasedlearning.org/
Team Building Activities (TBAs)
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
“Pig Personality Profile”
Face Drawing
“Life Boat”
More Ideas
i-RATs & t-RATs (Can be “Flipped”)
2.
(Readiness Assurance Test)
Team Application Activities (TAAs)
3.
a.
4.
Problem Based Learning (PBL)
Team Evaluations
What do Students in Teams Do?
• Facilitator
• Moderates team discussion, keeps the group on task, and distributes
work.
• Recorder
• Takes notes summarizing team discussions and decisions, and keeps
all necessary records.
• Reporter
• Serves as group spokesperson to the class or instructor, summarizing
the group’s activities and/or conclusions.
• Other Roles (Optional)
• Time Keeper
• Researcher
• Devil’s Advocate
“Face Drawing”
1. Pair up w/ someone next to you
2. Take out a sheet of paper and a pen or pencil (crayons
work too)
3. For 30 seconds study your partner’s face (yes, this is
uncomfortable)
4. Next, close your eyes and do not open them until you
are told to
5. When your teacher says “go”, you will have 1 minute to
draw your partner’s face from memory…
• GO!
“Life Boat”
1. Appoint one recorder and one reporter
2. Be prepared to discuss w/ the big group (class)
3. In your teams discuss the following scenario:
You and your teammates were in a shipwreck hitting some rocks
somewhere off coast of Bermuda. No one knows where you are
because your ship’s communication device was badly damaged
in the crash. The ship is slowly taking on water and will shortly
sink. Unfortunately, the ship has only one life boat and it is
made for one person only (it will sink w/ 2 or more or if people
cling to it’s sides). You have 2 minutes to discuss and decide
who will get to go in the life boat.
Write down who, why, and the thought process
“FTFD”
V. William Harris, Ph.D.
• F = Fact
• F = Feel
• T = Think
• D = Do
FTFD
• FTFD = Effective Questioning Techniques
• FACT
• You can start by stating, “Did you know the current
divorce rate for all 1st time marriages is 50%? That’s
one in every two marriages.”
FTFD
• THINK
• Why do you think this is the case?
• Why is there such a high divorce rate?
• What’s going on?
• Who do you think is impacted by divorce and why?
• Ask your students to take 2 minutes to discuss w/ their
teammates (TBL)
• Have each team appoint one person to write their team’s
#1 reason up on the board
• Have them prepared their reporter to share the team’s
answers w/ the big class
FTFD
• FEEL
• It’s important to dig deeper – using both sides of the brain
• Ask the students to discuss w/ their teammates:
• “How do you feel about divorce? Why?”
• You may use visuals to help (see bottom image)
FTFD
• DO
• This is the action phase:
• Have students work w/ their teammates to come up w/a
plan of action at the micro, exo, and or macro level
(Bronfenbrenner) to address the issue of divorce
• Ask students to brainstorm a solution, write it down, and
be prepared to share it w/ the big group (class).
RESOURCES
More Resources
• http://www.teenrelationships.org/resources/
• http://www.twoofus.org/dating-advice/index.aspx
• http://www.pamf.org/teen/abc/
• http://www.stayteen.org/relationships
• http://www.loveisrespect.org/
• http://www.startstrongteens.org/resources/parents/start-the-
conversation-what-is-a-healthy-relationship
• http://www.ncdsv.org/ncd_linksdateteenviolence.html
• http://insight.typepad.co.uk/40_icebreakers_for_small_groups.pdf
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