How to prepare for an Abstract Group discussion?


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What is an abstract topic?: 

An abstract topic is when one word or group of words are given and you are asked to discuss on the same. The topic could be Red Bullet Magic Bears and Balloons

 

How to approach the topic?: 

In a abstract topic, you may use Divergent thinking Brainstorming method

 

Divergent Thinking : 

In Divergent thinking, you think outwards i.e you try to look at possibilities wrt to the issue given. A spider web is an effective tool in this method. T ry to link concepts associated with the topic and then again link concepts or examples associated with the first level.

 

Drawing a spider web: 

List out words you can think of associated with the topic. Let’s say the topic is Blue

 

BLUE–à Blue Ocean

Strategy

Indian sportsmen

Natural resources

Sky

Here, I put down a few words which I could associate with the topic – BLUE

 

After writing words in the first level, think of terms associated with these words. Take for example – Natural resources – These could be rivers, seas, oceans For rivers – you could look at the Cauvery Dispute For seas – you could look at the recent issue about the Italian sailors And so on

 

Eg . Tata Nano

Different sports eg cricket IPL

River issues eg Cauvery

Airlines – Kingfisher issue

 

Brainstorming : 

Put down anything and everything that comes to your mind when you think of BLUE

For example Cool – Indian jersey Sea – Primary cool Blue Ocean Strategy – Bluefrog Blues (music) – Blueberry Monday blues – Bluetooth Sky – Deoxygenated blood And many more

 

Remember no idea is correct or wrong in brainstorming , Now think of examples or points you could discuss with some of these. For example, Bluefrog is a revolutionary, integrated music project in Mumbai, India. It consists of the country’s premiere live music performance club, four state-of-the-art music recording studios, a music production house comprising top-notch composers, musicians and producers, and an independent record label & artist management service .

 

Or Bluetooth® is named for Tenth Century Danish king Harald Blåtand , known in English as Harold Bluetooth Gromson , who is reputed to have been so fond of blueberries that his teeth were stained blue. And then discuss about revolution that bluetooth has brought abut.

 

Topics for Practise: 

Mango

Green

Mind

Lizards

 

 

Prepared by Rochelle D’souza M. Sc. M. Ed. CPWED (ISB)

 


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Rochelle D souza
Educational Qualifications: M. Sc., M. Ed., SET (Edu.), CPWED (ISB) Rochelle has learnt management from ISB and is equipped with a degree in education which she uses to fine tune processes in the teaching-learning process at Quoin. She conducts various workshops for GDPI students. She believes in nurturing individual talent and working on enhancing students strengths

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