PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE DYNAMICS

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These dynamics aim to:

Create an atmosphere of trust and interpersonal communication in the group

A more intimate and personal knowledge

1.-Coknowledge by intuition
2.-Lthe symbols
3.-The house
4.-The exchange of a secret
5.-Clear and positive eyes
6.The dead person
7.-Ethe chest
8.-What?And what if I am from so-and-so?
9.-The Risk
10.The unknown friend
11.-The ghost person
12.Ambient pressure
13.-Questioning ofvalue
14.-The feelings
15.The magical water
16.-A trip to fantasy
17.-The stars
18.Who are you?
19.-The curious
20.Personality traits
21.-The masks
22.Note virtues and qualities
23.- The constellations
24.- The written names
 Knowledge by intuition
Objective: Mutual knowledge
Development: A blank card is handed out to each of the participants and they are
Ask to write five characteristics about themselves without mentioning their name or job.
Actually. One can write, for example, some quality, ability, defect, etc. The
Cards are then placed in a box or container that will be in the center of the room.
The cards are shuffled and a participant steps into the center, takes one of them, and reads it.
speak loudly and try to discover which person corresponds to that card. Two are given.
opportunities to discover the person. If the cardholder fails to do so,
discover and this goes to the center to read another card and guess whose it is.

The symbols
Objectives: Create an atmosphere of trust and interpersonal communication within the group.
Discover the positive aspects that exist in others.
Materials: One sheet of paper for each person and what is needed to write.

Development: For a few minutes, everyone is silent as each person makes a choice.
the symbols that best represent each of their teammates (characteristics
positive). Then the procedure continues in order. Everyone takes turns saying the symbol they have.
represented one of the group. The interested party takes note and makes their own
constellation of symbols, with the notes that have been taken Then it proceeds in the same
way with each of the other members of the group. When everyone has finished,
there is an exchange about what each one has been told. How he sees himself: If he is
Alright, if you disagree; if you've been told things you have never thought about,
etc.

The house

OBJECTIVES: Promote knowledge among participants through a series

of questions that they themselves will write.

MATERIALS: A large sheet of paper, paints, pens, dice.

DEVELOPMENT: Each one will look for an object to serve as a token. They will place it on the
paper and will draw a house around it. The one who starts rolls the dice. If a 4 comes up, they will draw
four squares from his house and will place his token in the fourth. In this square he has
to put on a very general garment (For example, to express a feeling, a short)
episode of the past, etc...) that he will write next to the box. The following players
Iran successively rolling the dice and landing on the already written squares or doing
new. If the box they land in is empty, they will act like the first participant. If
that has a message, they must talk about the already placed one. They need to come to form
a closed circuit.

The exchange of a secret

OBJECTIVES: To create greater capacity for sympathy among the different participants.
group members.

DEVELOPMENT: The facilitator hands out a paper to each one. The participants must
to write to him, with all sincerity, a difficulty or problem that they have (whether in
relationship with their parents, whether in communication and integration in the group, whether in their
personal life.. . ), and that they do not dare or do not like to express it orally in
audience. The host recommends that they disguise the lyrics so that it is not known who it is.
author.

Everyone folds the paper in the same way, and once collected, they are mixed and
distribute a paper to each participant. The host asks each one to take on the
problem that has appeared in the role he has been given and that he does it as if he
same outside the author, trying to understand it. Each one reads aloud the
problem using the first person 'I' and making the necessary adaptations. And,
Next, provide your solution. When explaining the problem to others, each one
You must personalize it, live it... During the presentation, debates are not allowed nor
questions. Once each person has presented the problem assigned to them, the
The moderator leads a debate on reactions and feelings, asking questions.
how are you

How did you feel when describing your problem?

How did you feel about exposing someone else's problem?
How did you feel when the other person was narrating your problem?
In your opinion, did the other person understand your problem well?
Did he manage to put himself in your situation?
Do you think you managed to understand the other person's problem?
How did you feel in relation to the other members of the group?
What have you learned from this exercise?

Clear and positive eyes

OBJECTIVES: Raise awareness among group members to know how to observe the
good qualities of other people. Realizing the positive things in them
people and that many times it goes unnoticed. That people discover
qualities so far ignored by themselves.

DEVELOPMENT: The host makes a brief introduction noting how, in the

in daily life, the vast majority of the time we observe more the defects than the
qualities of others. Today we are going to look at our colleague with clear and positive eyes.
He deserves it; besides, this way we will be able to see something we haven't appreciated until now.
so much.

1. The animator hands out a piece of paper to each one. And each one writes on it the three
qualities or positive traits that, in your opinion, best characterize your colleague
the right. The role is completely anonymous. Therefore, everyone must be the same
size and color, the name of the person writing, nor that of the
person who is on their right.
2. Next, the host asks everyone to fold their paper; they are collected,
they mix them and redistribute, giving one to each.

3. After the redistribution, each one reads aloud the qualities that are listed in the
the role that has been assigned to him, and he will assign it to the group member who, in his opinion,
better fits those qualities. It can only be assigned to one person. And it manifests
briefly why you see those qualities in him. It may happen that the same person
of the group is indicated more than once as bearing the qualities. Therefore, upon
finally, each one will publicly state the qualities they assigned to the person of their
right.

4. In the end, there is a dialogue about the experiences during the exercise march: the
discovered, what is felt, etc.

The dead

Grow as a person from constructive criticism.

DEVELOPMENT: All participants form a circle while one of the

members are lying covered by the sheet (simulating being dead) and
answer the following questions.

· What is the positive quality of the person who is lying down?

· What is the negative aspect of the person who is lying down?
· What do I propose to reduce their negative qualities?

When all the members of the group have passed, they will be given the sheets that
they filled in the secretaries. Making the observation that what is written there is only
proposals and that in them is to take them or leave them.

The chest

OBJECTIVES: To help objectify the experience of God.

DEVELOPMENT: At the beginning, each person is given a sheet with a drawing of

a chest. They are explained that this is the chest of memories and that they should place there
five events that brought him closer to God. When each one wrote them down,
pairs are formed and each one explains their treasures to their partner. At the end, they
they swap chests with their partner. When all the pairs were finished, each
one will recount the memories of their companion. Thus with all until reaching the last.

What do I know about so-and-so?

OBJECTIVES: To get to know each other more deeply

DEVELOPMENT: Small sheets are distributed to the participants, on which

they write their name. The sheets are collected and redistributed by lottery: to each
one takes the name of a classmate.
Everyone has to make the presentation of the partner they have drawn.
He asks himself: 'What do I know about him?', and writes it down. As a guide, it can be helpful the
next script:

What is it like (qualities, defects...)

How one thinks (political, religious, social ideas...)
How one relates (many or few friends, stays in closed groups...)
How does he/she work (responsible at his/her job, studies, is lazy...).

Then try to gather as much information as possible from the remaining colleagues.
Take note of her.
Finally, prepare three questions to ask the colleague (you can consult with
others about the questions that should be asked). They will be provided in writing to the interested party.
to prepare them. The questions may refer to: what he thinks of himself, his
wishes, their future, their ideas, values, fears, their behavior...

Each one introduces their partner to the large group. The interested party listens without
intervene; you can take note of whatever you wish.

The one who has been presented completes his presentation: first he corrects what he believes.
pertains to what the colleague has said about him. Then add whatever seems appropriate to you, what
he would have wished for it to be said about him. Finally, he answers the questions that he has.
formulated the companion. Always give yourself the freedom to stop responding to any.
ask if the interested party has any inconvenience.

The risk

Achieve greater knowledge among the group members. Measure the

degree of knowledge that they have about each other, that is to say knowing if they
they know.

DEVELOPMENT: Draw a world map on cardboard or continuous paper

Divide the land regions into as many as participants. Assign a
name each territory using the names of the participants. Divide the
participants in 2 or more groups. One of the teams (it doesn't matter), starts
attacking from one of its territories to another territory of another group. For example:

Alfonso (Team 1) attacks Carlos (Team 2). Continuing with the example, Team 2
think of a question related to Carlos (likes, personality, ...) and ask it
another team. Team 1 responds, if it does so correctly Carlos would join
part of Team 1, if not Alfonso would move to be part of Team 2. This would continue
with the team on the right until one of the teams forms the entire group or
pose a more than 50% (in the case of playing with many people and forming more than 2 teams).

The unknown friend

OBJECTIVES: To know the qualities and values of the classmates.

Increase trust in the other.
DEVELOPMENT: Each participant chooses a secret friend, preferably among the
colleagues he sees less often. He does not reveal the name to anyone, not even to the
interested. for a certain period of time, each one will be attentive to the
qualities and values of this secret friend, pointing out the situations that have affected them
helped to get to know him/her. Once the time is over, each one will write a letter to their
Friend, explaining what he thought of him. Then each one takes his letter and reads it.
The day after the reading, it will be interesting to share feelings with the person.
vivid.

The ghost person

OBJECTIVES: To promote mutual knowledge

DEVELOPMENT: The host requests a volunteer to leave the room. Once

that he has withdrawn points to one of the young people as the 'ghost person'.
Then the person who went out comes back and is told that there is a 'person' in the group.
"ghost" and that he has to discover it by asking questions about its qualities,
tastes, limitations, etc. One cannot ask for the name or for their
physical characteristics. It is also said that it can ask comparative questions.
For example: if the ghost person were a flower, what would it be? If it were an animal,
plant, musical instrument... The volunteer asks the questions and anyone from the
group members can answer them. If it is answered related to a
comparison, then it must be stated the reason for that comparison. Once that
the 'ghost person' is discovered, the dynamic repeats with another volunteer. If the
the volunteer takes a long time to discover the 'ghost person', this is discovered and
leaves the room to continue with the activity.

Ambient pressure

OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate that people are not indifferent to criticism and to

praise; to success, to failure, or to indifference.

DEVELOPMENT: The day before the 'r' will show total indifference. Everything is done
in a discreet manner, so that it seems real, and not like theater, as it can be discovered
by the volunteer. The presenters enter one by one and once everyone has spoken
a dialogue is held in front of the whole group: what happens to the person in the face of support, the
opposition or indifference; how to act in this case.

Questioning values

OBJECTIVES: To question the values of one and the others about certain
aspects. Promote the integration of the group

DEVELOPMENT: Each person divides the sheet into four columns, from top to bottom; they put in
each column above: agree, indifferent, against, absurd. The coordinator reads
a series of sentences that contain an assertion. Each one categorizes it, putting a
cross on the column that interprets his thought. Then a dialogue is held about the
answers in small groups trying to reach an agreement and then each group
will present their conclusions.
 The feelings
Objective: To foster knowledge among the group members.
Development: The animator asks all the young people to say with one word how
they feel at this moment. For example: happy, confident, cheerful, nervous, etc.
Later, he asks them why they feel that way. After that
listening to them, the coordinator encourages them to continue growing in knowledge and in
mutual friendship.

The magic water

Objective: Discover our priority values.
Development: All the young people form a circle. In the center, a table is placed.
On her, a jug of water and ten empty glasses are placed. The host says the
next: we have here 'magic water'. Whoever drinks from this water can make three wishes.
wishes and they will be granted. You are invited to bring some volunteers for the 'water.
magic." They are reminded that before taking the water, they must silently ask for their three
wishes. After several members of the group have passed, one of them asks,
For one, what were their three wishes and why did they make those wishes.

A trip to fantasy
Objective: To deepen knowledge of oneself and others.
Development: The animator says the following: imagine that you are going to a place
uncivilized and you can only take seven things. What things would you take? Think and
write them down on a sheet. Next, groups of four people are formed and each one
communicate to others the seven things you would take, explaining the reason for each one.

The stars
Objective: Discover our values. Deepen self-knowledge and that of
others.
Development: The animator explains the dynamics with the following words: Draw a
eight-pointed star. On each of the points, you will write...
1.- The masks you have in life
2.- The motivations for which you act or do something
3.- The experiences that have marked your life the most

4.- The most notable failures of your life

5.- The most important successes of your life
6.- The biggest fears you have in life
7.- The best allies you have in life
8.- The biggest difficulties you have in life
Having finished this, the host freely asks for two people to share their
star.
My goals
 My difficulties

My motivations

My allies

My fears

My successes

My experiences

My failures

The constellations

OBJECTIVES: For the young person to reflect on the knowledge they have of others.
members of the group.

DEVELOPMENT:

They are distributed or asked to draw the following:

The animator explains the dynamics as follows:

1.- Each one of you has in front of you a drawing that consists of three circles.
concentric, with a black dot in the center. The black dot represents each one
from you, personally.

2.- Each one reflects on how they see the other members of the group in the circle.
next. If you see them very close, draw another point near the center near the point
next, if you see them a little further away draw a point on the last circle or on the one that
you think it can be found. In this way, we will be graphically representing the
the emotional distance that exists between the members of the group and oneself. It is not
It is necessary to write the name of the person in question.

Each participant makes their constellation and reflects on the relationship that exists between
he and the other members of the group. Who he is close to and who he
finds far away. Why it is far from some and close to others. What it has received and
what has been given to some and to others. Each one can express what is felt and what
I reflect. One can end up communicating some lived experience of friendship in
group and evaluating the degree of friendship that exists within our group.

The written names

OBJECTIVE: To measure how well we know each other

DEVELOPMENT: Everyone sits in a circle. Each one with a badge with their name.
Cheerful music is played and everyone passes their badge to the right. When it stops
Music, everyone must find the owner of the badge, and the one who hands it over last is out.
of the dynamic or give a garment.