The Critical Thinking Toolkit

#21: A Kin to Kinesthesia

Overview:	Participants will collaborate to express work-related ideas in kinesthetic terms.
Objective:	To stimulate participants to consider alternative modes of expression.
Supplies:	• Transparency #21-1 • Overhead projector • Flipchart
Time:	About 15 minutes
AdvancePreparation:	Download Transparency #21-1. If possible, arrange seating so groups of four or five can work together.
Participants/Application:	No matter the size of the group, this exercise will stimulate creative views on common organizational issues. Hence, it can be used at any time during the training session—as an opening, closing, or in-the-middle way of synthesizing the learning that has occurred.

Introduction to Concept:

“Synesthesia” is a ...