Engage Students Through Visual Analogies: Synectics Method in Education
Enhance student learning by using the Synectics method, which involves selecting an image or item to prompt creative thinking and discussions. Teachers can gauge students' understanding, misconceptions, and feelings towards a topic through this interactive activity. Suitable for all subjects and grade levels, this strategy fosters critical thinking and engagement in the classroom.
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Synectics Synectics Take about one minute to pick an image or item and complete the sentence Share your completed sentence in small groups Select one sentence to share with the class
Example: The 4 seasons are like ________ because _____________.
Example sentence The four seasons are like a stack of books because each season is different but some things carry over, such as temperature (it is warm in the summer and sometimes also in the fall and spring) and in books some of the same words appear in different books.
Guidelines and Source The purpose of diagnostic synectics is to use a visual analogy to get a feel for what students think they know and/or how they feel about a new topic. Their background knowledge and assumptions surface as they pick and share. The information they share is one way to gauge what they know, might know or have misconceptions about. This strategy works with a single picture, a group of pictures where participants have choice, or with pictures or objects on a table from which to choose. Appropriate for any content, K-12. Source: Lipton, L. & Wellman, B. (2011). Groups at work: Strategies and structures for professional learning. MiraVia.
