Getting Students to participate in a small group is like...

Sometimes I feel like I am trying to pull teeth to get them invovled, but other times it just happens without me initiating in any way. I think that students are more willing to share what they are thinking when they are okay with being vulnerable. If the students have not been vulnerable I think it is good to foster that in the small group. So a first order of business that I feel is very important in small group participation is breeding vulnerability. ~Danny