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CAGE DEBATING

Aim (what for?) to experience fake-conflicts in a plaf!l wa" teachin#participants to react to one another

Gro!p (whom for?) $ario!s

%aterial nee&e& 'approx meters of rope or markin# tape

'whistle'stopwatch

'*lack*oar&+flipchart for keepin# the score on'marker

'list of statements &epen&in# on the s!*,ect o!re &ealin#with

D!ration ./ min!tes

Description 0tep * step &escription1

2create a ca#e" a *oxin# rin#" * markin# an area of

approx . s3m with the rope Di$i&e the #ro!p in twoThree people from the facilitatin# team will *e the ,!r an&sit at a ta*le in front of the ca#e The two #ro!ps are

stan&in# on the left an& ri#ht si&e of the ta*le Explain ther!les1 the chairman of the ,!r will rea& o!t a statement"

one of the contestants will &efen& this statement" an& theother will *e oppose& to it The wa of han&lin# the

s!*,ect is !p to the contestants4 *!t o! mi#ht #et *on!spoints for makin# people la!#h E$er fi#ht (the

contestants are not allowe& to to!ch each other" the maonl speak" not scream or sho!t) lasts for two min!tes

maxim!m4 a contestant can #i$e in *efore the twomin!tes are o$er The #ame is also finishe& when one of

the contestants cant repl within 25 secon&s The ,!es&eci&es on the points4 the can &istri*!te fo!r points for

each #ame" *!t can &eci&e * themsel$es how thesepoints are &i$i&e&

67ne person from e$er #ro!p is in$ite& to enter theca#e 7ne of the facilitators rea&s o!t the statement" the

whistle is *lown an& the stopwatch starts co!ntin# 7ne ofthe contestants than opens the fi#ht * takin# either

si&es" an& waits for a repl If this repl &oesnt come fast

eno!#h" he can a&& ar#!ments to this" *!t his opponentsho!l& ha$e a chance to talk After two min!tes (or earlier

in case of a 87" the whistle #ets *lown a#ain an& the

,!r &eli*erates on the points for each team No &isc!ssionis hel& at that time" *!t the next to contestants are in$ite&

into the ca#e9:hen all participants ha$e *een in the ca#e at least

once" the ,!r en&s the contest an& points o!t the winnerThen" a &isc!ssion follows" !sin# (some of the) 3!estions

at the reflection an& e$al!ation; section

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'how &i& o! feel when someone of o!r #ro!p won?

'&o o! think the ,!in# was &one fairl? =ow &i& o!

feel a*o!t the wa of ,!in#?'what &o o! think of !sin# h!mo!r in a serio!s

&isc!ssion?'how &i& o! experience the time press!re?

'&o o! think this is a #oo& wa of &isc!ssin# s!*,ects?'&i& o! ha$e the feelin# o! were in a #ro!p" or &i& the*attle feel more like an in&i$i&!al fi#ht?

'&i& people react to the statements o! ma&e?'was it har& to &efen& a statement o! act!all &i&nt

a#ree on" *eca!se o! were force& to take that si&e?

Comments1This metho& has *een trie& o!t on *oth national as

international meetin#s" an& often le& to s!rprisin# res!lts4an elo3!ent speaker who was alwas first to talk an& to

c!t off all &isc!ssion was *affle& * an opponent who all of

a s!&&en &eci&e& to hol& his &efence in Chinese" there*winnin# on la!#hin#-&eci*els" a loosin# #ro!p trie& to*ri*e the ,!r an& s!ccessf!ll mana#e& to &o so with one

of the mem*ers - which &i&nt keep them from loosin# *the wa

>!rther info+0o!rce as s!*mitte& to the T-8it on 0ocial Incl!sion

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Tool tpes Exercise

Tool topics Conflict %ana#ement0ocial Incl!sion