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How to address unequal knowledge sharing in peer learning groups

I'm part of a professional development group where we're all supposed to be learning from each other's expertise, but three of us always end up teaching while the other two just take notes and never share anything, and the dynamic is starting to feel extractive rather than reciprocal.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A learning community has developed an imbalanced dynamic where some members consistently give while others only receive, undermining the reciprocal exchange that makes peer learning sustainable.

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