RETHINKING PANEL DISCUSSIONS
The panel discussion is a popular format for large group events. We also see panel discussions in extracurricular political education, often when controversial issues are to be discussed. In conversations with political educators as well as moderators of panel discussions, some thoughts on changes or innovative redesigns of this format have already come up.
We have continued this thread and brought together people who can draw on a wealth of experience in organizing and conducting panel discussions and who were keen to join us in rethinking panel discussions to a certain extent.
The two questions in this networked consultation were:
- What potential do panel discussions offer and how can they be used even more than before?
- How can the panel discussion be made more participative, controversial, exciting, informative, ... through small adjustments?
Numerous ideas also emerged from this round, which we would very much like to share. You can download our brochure "Make Over - Rethinking the panel discussion" in german here.
Many thanks to our fellow thinkers from:
Aktion Zivilcourage e.V.
https://www.aktion-zivilcourage.de
Courage - Workshop for democratic educational work e.V.
https://www.netzwerk-courage.de/web/153.html
Amadeu Antonio Foundation
https://www.amadeu-antonio-stiftung.de/wp-signup.php?new=amadeu-antonio-stiftung.de
Adult Education Center Dresden e.V.