JUST A MINUTE
Skills
What is it?
This activity encourages pupils to select and present key information from researched material. It also fosters active listening skills and may be linked with the Hot Seating technique.
Implications for classroom layout
A single hot seat should be placed facing the group. Alternatively, in order to facilitate more relaxed interaction, the hot seat might be placed in the middle of a circle.
How does it work?
Pupils research a relevant topic and highlight what they consider to be key information. Pupils could research the role in groups or individually.
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After adequate research time, pupils are hot-seated and asked to present their key findings/information in just one minute.
Other pupils must listen carefully – if they suspect hesitation, deviation or repetition they may challenge the person in the hot seat. If a challenge occurs, timing is stopped for its duration.
A facilitator or group of facilitators must decide whether the challenge is valid and justify their decision.
If the challenge is deemed to be valid, the pupil in the hot seat is out and must leave the seat. The pupil who made the challenge receives a point.
If the challenge is rejected, the pupil continues until another challenge is made or until the minute is up. If the pupil manages to stay in the seat until the end they receive a point.
As an extension activity, pupils may do a Mind Map to bring together and to structure all the information they have gathered during the course of the activity.
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