The training Course
Short-term joint staff
training event
20-26 October 2018
DEBATE IN DEBATE CLUB AND IN THE CLASSROOM is the title we have given to the Training course for the teachers who participated in this short -term joint staff training event . The course took place in the coordinator's country and has been the prelude for the two-year project activities.The training course was attended by the coordinator of each country and a teacher who had already declared the willingness to work during the two years to the implementation, testing and dissemination of the Debate methodology. In the meantime, we had 9 participants belonging to the partnership and a small group of other Italian teachers considering that the venue of the event will be in Palermo .The teachers have been instructed to the Debate in a full immersion course lasting two days.The topics to which they were introduced are ;
Lecture: Introduction to debate methodology.Key caracteristcs of formal debate.Why debate is good.
Lecture&exercises:Mini debate formats.
Lecture&exercises:Building proposition case.
Lecture&exercises: Building opposition case.
Lecture:Roles of the speakers in Worlds Schools Debate Format.Judging.
Lecture&exercises: Refutation. Points of information.Preparation for debates.
Debates(some participants are debating, the others are judging).
Lecture&exercises: Debate motions, main caracteristics, types of motions.
Lecture: Debate in the classroom. Debate in debate club. Exercises. Organising debate tournament.
Group work: Preparing programme for the visits: how to prepare students for a debate, workshop for judges, choice of motions, tournament rules, number of rounds, format rules, etc
The training was interactive and it demanded active participation.
TheTrainer of the course was a Slovenian expert who has a high reputation in this field
as for years she has been participating in national and international tournaments on a world scale. She represents our expertise, our exchange of good practices, our point of reference for both teacher training and the subsequent management ofintermediate tournaments, up to the organization of the final performance among the best selected teams. We looked forward to raising the competences
of the participating teachers both in terms of knowledge, skills and motivation.Teachers who speak to other teachers will be a way to overcome any difficulties, perplexities and fears that innovations bring with them.There was a way here to start laying the groundwork for the final construction of
a guide on how to implement the International Debate in the curriculum.