COD 2014 - S513
New edition! Let's bring the art of debating to the classroom.
Teachers
4
sessions, start: 07-Oct
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2014
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Mr. Elmer De Ronde MA
ESSARP Schools
ARS
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 600.00
ARS 600.00
Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 07 October 2014 | 05:30 pm | 08:30 pm |
| 2 | 21 October 2014 | 05:30 pm | 08:30 pm |
| 3 | 04 November 2014 | 05:30 pm | 08:30 pm |
| 4 | 18 November 2014 | 05:30 pm | 08:30 pm |
Facilitator/s
Elmer De Ronde
Teachers
In Convence we believe that debating is a very efficient tool for interchanging ideas. Every teacher can enrich his/her knowledge and apply the practice of debate, and subsequently share the experiences and ideas to the benefit of their students.
Why would we want to learn to debate?
A debate in the widest sense contributes to improve the quality of our verbal communication to express ideas convincingly and with self-confidence. It obliges to express our ideas from different points of view in an orderly and decisive way. It teaches to articulate ideas clearly and rapidly, and to think critically. Debating forces us to analyse, define, argue, present the message and furthermore…to listen carefully!
Through a playful dynamic, at the end of the training you will understand for your own benefit what are the important aspects of the personality of a debater, and at the same time be able to focus and express any personal conviction and make it an effective tool in discussions. You can use and adapt the exercises of the course according to your own ideas and needs of the students.
At the end of the course you will have learnt:
• How to prepare a structured debate
• Listen with empathy
• Think critically
• Understand what it takes to be convincing
• Unravel the structure of the argument
• Discriminate between strong and weak ways to reason
• Ask critical questions and provide effective answers
• Learn how to make useful interruptions
• Work in a team
Why would we want to learn to debate?
A debate in the widest sense contributes to improve the quality of our verbal communication to express ideas convincingly and with self-confidence. It obliges to express our ideas from different points of view in an orderly and decisive way. It teaches to articulate ideas clearly and rapidly, and to think critically. Debating forces us to analyse, define, argue, present the message and furthermore…to listen carefully!
Through a playful dynamic, at the end of the training you will understand for your own benefit what are the important aspects of the personality of a debater, and at the same time be able to focus and express any personal conviction and make it an effective tool in discussions. You can use and adapt the exercises of the course according to your own ideas and needs of the students.
At the end of the course you will have learnt:
• How to prepare a structured debate
• Listen with empathy
• Think critically
• Understand what it takes to be convincing
• Unravel the structure of the argument
• Discriminate between strong and weak ways to reason
• Ask critical questions and provide effective answers
• Learn how to make useful interruptions
• Work in a team
Your course is characterized by a lot of practice (hands-on), the theory will be explained further as the advance in managing their skills of Debating.
Module 1: Introduction. What is a debate. Thinking critically. What makes a person convincing. The structure of a debate about the policy change. Video clips. Practice and feedback. Exercises: balloon debate, parliamentary debate.
Module 2: Practice Debate on policy change; applied exercises and theory. Practice and feedback. Exercise: rush debate. Video clips.
Module 3: The structure of a debate about values. Practice and feedback, applied exercises and theory. Exercise: bag with money
Module 4: Deepening the knowledge and experience in both types of Debate, handle interruptions and fallacies. Example of exercise: fallacy debate. Video clips.
Module 1: Introduction. What is a debate. Thinking critically. What makes a person convincing. The structure of a debate about the policy change. Video clips. Practice and feedback. Exercises: balloon debate, parliamentary debate.
Module 2: Practice Debate on policy change; applied exercises and theory. Practice and feedback. Exercise: rush debate. Video clips.
Module 3: The structure of a debate about values. Practice and feedback, applied exercises and theory. Exercise: bag with money
Module 4: Deepening the knowledge and experience in both types of Debate, handle interruptions and fallacies. Example of exercise: fallacy debate. Video clips.
“Learning by doing”
After a short introduction the participants will start practising the elements of debating by means of exercises (thinking of arguments, taking both sides, association, etc.).
Evaluations and feedback after each debate, and further explanation of the theory and feedback on the exercises.
Homework for the preparation of a debate with reading material provided.
Group work: practice thinking critically.
Videos with examples of theory
After a short introduction the participants will start practising the elements of debating by means of exercises (thinking of arguments, taking both sides, association, etc.).
Evaluations and feedback after each debate, and further explanation of the theory and feedback on the exercises.
Homework for the preparation of a debate with reading material provided.
Group work: practice thinking critically.
Videos with examples of theory
You will receive material presented after each module. At the end of the course you will receive the bibliography, which includes links to relevant sites, manuals and videos.