Welcome Teachers and debate coaches!
If you are looking for resources for teaching debate in the classroom, or want to start a debate club, this is the place to be.
There is a wealth of resources on the web site, but download the handout from the It's Debatable workshops to get you started.
Why Debate?
Debating is a culmination of all the skills that we want students
to develop when we look at the understanding through inquiry model. Debate
gives students the opportunity to Comprehend and Respond (CR),
Compose and Create (CC) and Assess and Reflect (AR) in a very
organic way.
You can't go wrong with debate as a tool to meet your curricular goals!
SEDA supports the use of debate in the Saskatchewan Curriculum for grade 5-12 students in various subjects. View our newest teacher resource - Debate - which provides suggestions for incorporating debate into your classroom plan.
Debate gives students the opportunities to explore their identity and their self-concept. It is a way to explore their relationships with others, community, culture, customs, other ways of knowing, national and international events and issues, and the history of humanity. Debate is a way to explore alternative possibilities using different methods, forms, and issues related to language, communication, and the mass media, as well as the natural and constructed world and environmental and technological issues. (paraphrased from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education Foci across Areas of Study)
Communication Studies 20
Do you teach Communications 20? If so, contact the SEDA office to arrange for a free in-class workshop when you are teaching Module 7: The Art of Debate!
Resources
More ideas are in the Tips
Guide, the Games and
Activities Guide and the Coaching Handouts.
From there, check out
The Complete SEDA Guide to Debate Instruction and Coaching
(Index) !
Call SEDA at 780-9243 to book the "Debate Consultant" for
free.
We have one consultant to cover Saskatoon and the North, and another to cover Regina and the South.
The consultants lead classroom workshops and help you plan for
club meetings. The consultants will help you coach your club for
the first couple of months. Our goal is to have several new clubs
up and running each spring so they are ready for the debate season
in the Fall!
