Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2019

A Success Story- Structural Methods to Enable Brainstorming and Idea Generation in Group Discussions

Dr. Alka Jain

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The researcher, as a Communication Skills trainer, observed that normally in any communication skills classroom environment, the facilitator/ supervisor/teacher is faced with the challenge of teaching the students to participate in group discussions and debates by speaking on various topics. In order to speak effectively, the student must have a comprehensive backup of ideas, thoughts, and expressions on the given topic. For this, the student is asked to generate ideas by ainstorming the topic. This is easier said than done. Existing ainstorming theories do not address the problem of providing a standardised, uniform, and systematic method of dealing with general group discussions. The studies fail to provide a systematic, step–by–step guide to idea generation. Therefore, the practical application of ainstorming remains a challenge. The researcher tries to develop a standard set of methods to deal with idea generation in general group discussion and conversation environment. The mind needs a strategy/ strategies to facilitate sorting of random thoughts, views, observations, to further organise them in a cohesive, composite and logical unit. For this purpose, the researcher formulated certain methods to enable the students to focus on the topic in a sequential manner. The study was conducted upon graduate students of a University. The researcher’s methods made idea generation systematic and uniformly dispersible in a regular classroom situation. The study was disseminated through classroom teaching.

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A SUCCESS STORY- STRUCTURAL METHODS TO ENABLE BRAINSTORMING AND IDEA GENERATION IN GROUP DISCUSSIONS, DR. ALKA JAIN INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2019

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