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C OMPASSIONATE I NTEGRITY T RAINING
A S ECULAR E THICS A PPROACH TO C ULTIVATING P ERSONAL , S OCIAL AND E NVIRONMENTAL F LOURISHING
G UIDELINES FOR C RITICAL I NSIGHT A CTIVITIES
W
hile facilitating CIT content, critical insight activities are used to help participants achieve the
Learning Objectives through a process of action, discussion, discernment and self-discovery.
These can be used in combination with the Reflective Writing Exercises and Mindful
Dialogues for each skill. The Critical Insight Activities for each skill are designated with the lightbulb icon
. Here are some general instructions and tips that relate to all of the Critical Insight Activities.
1. The CIT slide presentations indicate when a Critical Insight Activity should be inserted.
2. Some skills have more than one activity. Use whichever activity you feel makes the most sense for
your group and within the given time frame. An asterisk (*) next to an activity indicates preferred
activities to focus on if you are short on time and can only do one activity.
3.
When leading the Critical Insight Activity, do not state the “Goal” of the activity before doing the
activity. This may defeat the purpose of the Critical Insight Activity. The “Goal” is stated in the
instructions for the facilitator only. Your responsibility as a facilitator is to guide the group toward
the “Goal” of the activity. Sometimes, the group might not arrive at the conclusions stated in the
goal. This is perfectly all right. If this occurs, you may share with the group the purpose of the
activity at the end and have a discussion around this.
4.
When splitting the larger group into smaller, breakout groups, it is helpful to decide how many
groups you want in total. Then ask the larger group to count off by that number. For example, if
you want three groups, you would ask the first person to say, “one,” the second to say, “two,” the
third to say, “three,” the fourth to say, “one,” and so on. The breakout activities work best with
three to five people per group.
5.
If you have split your group into breakout groups, after the initial instructions, it is usually more
effective to give subsequent instructions to each group individually rather than shouting.
6.
After each activity, you should always debrief the activity with the whole group. In some activities,
the debrief questions are written in the instructions. If there are no questions listed in the
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