Module 3: WHAT FOR?

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2. purpose - related to topic five

The main objective is to illustrate the need for and the result of having a goal and a purpose and the benefits and importance of having a common purpose when trying to achieve something with others.

a) Drawing from the following phrases which suggest purpose, ask several people to come to the 'stage' area and act out one of them. Do not tell them where to go on stage.
• you are trying to get there as quietly as possible
• you want to see who is coming
• you want to get there without being seen.
• you want to get there as soon as possible

What happened? Was there confusion? What was missing? They had one
purpose but no direction, no goal, nowhere to go.

b) Choose a 'director' and two people to whom he/she should give different moves. You should then give them each a different purpose either from the phrases above or your own.

c) Let them experiment with carrying out their moves with a common purpose.

d) Have two people 'on stage' to be given the same two moves. These should be carried out:
• with a different purpose
• with the same purpose

e) Have larger groups 'on stage'. Now small groups within the larger one can be treated as the individuals were before, having the same moves as each other (doing things together). Again experiment with different purposes and then a common purpose.

Discuss what difference it makes when the purpose of each person/group is different and when it is the same. As groups grow larger interaction will take place as their paths inevitably cross.