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Debate workshop at primary school

Practice communication and discussion skills through debate

Giulia Monaldi

Product: Book

Trim size in cm: 21x29,7cm

Pages: 152

ISBN: 9788859029083

Publication date: 01/09/2022

Suitable for: Primary 1st level (ages 6-7), Primary 2nd level (ages 8-10)


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A practical volume, which provides the knowledge, tools, instructions and materials needed to introduce primary school teachers and pupils to debating, a critical and highly regulated exchange on curricular and extracurricular topics, in which two teams propose and oppose a set contention or issue, joining either one side (for) or the other (against).

Debating promotes various kinds of learning:

  • critical thinking, a fundamental requisite for facing challenges of complexity;
  • linguistic, reasoning and oral communication competences;
  • citizenship competences, supporting civic education.

Furthermore, debating offers a number of advantages on social, emotional and personal levels, as it presents the 4 dimensions of inclusive didactics:

  • the use of cooperative strategies, because you work in teams in debating;
  • a welcoming class environment, where everyone can be valued for their own distinctness and talents;
  • attention to the prosocial competences and the emotional variables connected to learning processes;
  • the explicit support of metacognition.


Preface
Introduction
Ch. 1 What a debate is
Ch. 2 The Debate Base
Ch. 3 The Debate Base workshop
Ch. 4 The role of pupils and the teacher’s direction
Ch. 5 Beyond the Debate Base
Ch. 6 Activity: the communication gym
Photocopiable material for pupils
Bibliography