Thinking circles

Introduction
I invented thinking circles to help people gather their ideas prior to choosing questions for an inquiry. Thinking circles encourage private reflection on the concepts people perceive in stimulus material such as stories, poems, pictures or objects. Individual thinking circles could be shared with others in small groups so that members could compare interests, questions and notes before creating a ‘group question’ to go forward for consideration by the whole community. Thinking circles provide an effective focus for initial exploratory dialogue.

See the attached PDF file for a full explanation.