Trainers’ Toolkit – Agree or disagree?

	Exercise nr 23: Agree or disagree?
Duration	10-15 min
Type of activity	Social / Body / Emotional / Cognitive
The goal of the exercise	The aim of the exercise is to explore ways of thinking about a particular topic in a group. It can also be an introduction to a deeper analysis of the chosen topic.
Group size	5-15 participants
Hashtags	#sharingopinion #introducing topic
Materials and tools necessary for the activities	No additional materials are needed.
Exercise agenda	This exercise allows you to find out what trainees think about a particular topic. It is useful as an introduction to an in-depth discussion. It is a simple way to check the group’s beliefs on the subject. Prepare some statements that relate to the topic of your workshop. It is good if the statements are short, concrete and you can agree or disagree with them quite quickly. Write down each statement in a separate slide e.g. in google jamboard. You will share the document during the workshop with all workshop participants.  Write the sentences in the middle at the top of each slide. Divide the slide into two equal parts. One part will be titled I AGREE, the other I DISAGREE. Read out the written statements one by one and ask each person to write their name in the chosen part, depending on what their personal opinion is. You can comment briefly on how the answers are distributed – whether there are more people in the group who agree or disagree with the statement. If you wish, you can ask random participants to comment briefly on why they agree or disagree with something. Here are some examples of statements for a workshop on work-related topic: 1. Work is my passion.  2. I usually plan my holidays well in advance. 3. Money is not as important as the sense of meaning in your work. 4. Stress is a natural part of any job.5. I know how to manage work-related stress.
Possible modifications	You can use this exercise during the integration part of the workshop. Then suggest simpler sentences with less emotional charge, for example: I like rainy weather.
Credits	Compiled by Fundacja Culture Shock for TRENDSS – Transnational Roadmap for Educators in Digital Soft Skills (https://trendss.eu/)Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Co-funded by the Erasmus+Programme of the European Union