After completing the STEAM activities, it is useful to ask students what kind of experiences the multi-session journey into the world of the chosen story brought them.
You can begin the closing discussion with a “warm-up” activity. The following sentence starters help students reflect and express how they developed personally, socially, and emotionally during the sessions:
- I was the most persistent when…
- I could think flexibly the best when…
- Our group worked really well together when…
You can also encourage students to create their own sentence starters and invite their peers to complete them.
For students who find it difficult to express themselves verbally, you may offer non-verbal options such as hand gestures, movements, or drawings to express their feelings and impressions.
Suggested Debriefing Questions:
1. Personal and Story-Based Reflection:
- What did you learn from the story’s characters that you can use in your own life?
- How did it feel to “step into their shoes” and feel their struggles?
- Did the characters’ examples help you face challenges more bravely?
- What did the characters do when they were in a difficult situation?
- What helped them most when they felt like there was no way out?
- Can you give an example from your own life that is similar to how the characters had to adapt?
- Which part of the sessions did you enjoy the most, and why?
- Which activity should we repeat in the future?
- What was the biggest challenge? Did you solve it on your own or did someone help you?
2. Questions for developing resilience:
- Was there a task that didn’t work out the first time? What did you do then?
- In which situation did you have to be the most persistent?
- What helped you keep going when things were tough?
- How did it feel when you could learn something from a mistake?
- Was there a moment when you had to try something again? How did that feel?
3. Questions for developing flexibility:
- Was there a moment when you had to change your plan? Why and how did you do it?
- How did you adapt to each other within the group?
- What new ideas were born when a task didn’t go as planned?
- When did you have to think differently from what you originally planned?
- What did you learn from letting go of your original idea?