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Active Listening
Also known as: Aktivt lyssnande
The foundational listening exercise in its many dressings: in pairs, one person speaks about something real while the listener gives full attention — no interrupting, no advising — then reflects back what they heard, and both examine where judgment and interpretation crept in. The gateway practice that half the collections in this directory carry under their own name.
Practical
- Time
- 15-45 min
- Group
- 2–∞ · pairs, small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- None; UNFPA's version adds a judgment-spotting worksheet
- Mechanisms
- dialogic-encounter, open-awareness
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice
Instructions
- Where
- unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Step_Up_A_Pocket_Guide_… — Step Up! A Pocket Guide to Social Change for Young Leaders, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Codified countless times; roots in Carl Rogers' person-centered listening; UNFPA Step Up version adapted from the work of Sharon Knoll — Humanistic psychology → facilitation commons
In this directory via Step Up! A Pocket Guide to Social Change for Young Leaders · HostingTransformation Methods ToolBox · CLARITY Toolbox and Teacher's Guide · SEE Change Initiative (Empowered Entrepreneur/Employee Training) · Dramaövningar.se
Related: Heard, Seen, Respected (prepares-for) · Deep Listening (prepares-for)
Recorded once, sourced thrice (UNFPA p. 48; HostingTransformation's A–Z; CLARITY 3.3.1) — the model's n:m design doing exactly what it was built for. Deeper cousins: deep-listening, HSR, NVC empathic listening.
status: checked · added 2026-08-25