Role playing may be done in this step as an option to the above outline. This student keeps the group focused on the issues at hand. It is a good idea to check in on the groups from time to time and look for the presence of detachment or disequilibrium. Allow discussion to continue as long as it is fruitful and students display an interest. This step allows the entire class to reconvene and to hear the solutions or alternatives made by the various groups.
Discussion is generated as group reports are examined by the whole class.
The discussion gives the opportunity for opposing views or to ask questions or to challenge the views, and to evaluate the effects and consequences of decisions. For some students it will be disequilibrium time again, while others will have support time. Draw on your strengths of being a biology teacher-maturity of judgement, logical reasoning, and mastery of your content matter. YOU CAN DO THIS . Open your students' minds to unfamiliar ideas and show them connections between decisions, actions, and consequences for self, for others, and for society as a whole.