Chain of association

Short description

A method for working on a topic using an associative approach.

Process description

1. The facilitator writes a term, which is related to the topic of the training, on a flip chart. The term should have an emotional dimension for the participants.

2. A question mark and another term which caricatures the first are added.

3. Participants are asked to continue the cycle.

Required resources

• a big sheet of paper and markers

• or white board and pens

• or computer, beamer, and software (text processing or presentation or mind mapping)

Examples

Online games:

• https://wortspiel.alcaen.com/

• https://www.tageloehner.de/assoz/index.php

Comments

Unrelated terms and phrases can be remembered better if they are embedded in a larger framework.

PSI: https://psi.methopedia.eu/learning-activity/association-chain