Critical Friends Protocol

Step

Description

Introduction (4 minutes)

The presenter presents a general view of his or her project, idea and shares some thoughts about key design principles, such as why a project has been structured in a certain way, or why an these or that source has been used.

Presentation (15 min)

During this step, participants share their opinion about the project that they have found individually, and discussing it. Presenting the crafted essential question, activities to be accomplished and the form of presenting the project work.

Clarifying questions (3 min)

Participants ask clarifying questions of the presenter, like, which aimed at finding out the details of the plan. These questions should take short time and have precise answers.

Warm and cool feedback

(up to 15 min)

Participants discuss presented work and discover the solutions to the presenter’s question. Participants should direct their comments to each other, not the presenter.

During this step, the presenter —is usually physically removed from the group, as it will help him or her to listen without responding and influencing the direction of the discussion;

—is silent;

—takes notes.

The conditions of this step forces the participants to speak openly and engage in authentic conversation about the work and question

Reflection (4 min)

Participants are silent during reflection, and the presenter has the opportunity to respond to the discussion. The presenter then feeds back briefly what he or she heard from the discussion and describes what the next steps will be.

Debriefing (5 min)

The group debriefs the process, reflecting on how profitably they followed rules exactly to the discussion norms.