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Organising a Debate Club: Some Points of Practice

Organising a Debate Club: Some Points of Practice

by thequillguy | Nov 10, 2018 | Debating and WSC, For Students

Working internationally has given me opportunities that just didn’t exist for me back where I was born. One is the chance to debate. I remember doing a few debates in Sixth Form classes, but they never really went anywhere. I also remember turning up to a few...
Pioneering Digital Debate: Some Ideas

Pioneering Digital Debate: Some Ideas

by thequillguy | Jun 3, 2018 | Debating and WSC, For Living, For School

To create further opportunities for our students to think and debate in our context, I have tasked my debate club to look at digital debating. Some great colleagues elsewhere are taking me up on the challenge. Skype and suchlike have ongoing issues of connectivity and...
Ambitions for the Year: Debate Club

Ambitions for the Year: Debate Club

by thequillguy | Sep 23, 2017 | Debating and WSC, Speaking for Living, Speaking for School

My school’s debate club moves from strength to strength. We have won several local and regional competitions (including the British Schools Middle East, and equivalent World Scholar’s Cup debating), and offer opportunities to people of all abilities. Our...

Debating in Form Groups: Devil’s Advocate, Po, and Speed Debates

by thequillguy | Sep 24, 2016 | Debating and WSC, For Teachers

Click below to download devils-advocate-debate conventional-speed-debate In terms of debating as a form activity, there are two conditions to consider: a) How much preparation time? b) How much expected participation? The Speed Debate is more substantial, and put less...

Nootropics Lecture: World Scholar’s Cup at DESC

by thequillguy | Apr 13, 2016 | Debating and WSC, For Students, For Teachers

World Student Debate Format: Second Speaker Proposition – THB Students Should Cheat in Exams

by thequillguy | Apr 1, 2016 | Debating and WSC, For Students, For Teachers

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  • Content vs Specification: Thoughts about KS5 Planning September 14, 2018
  • Building a Sixth Form Curriculum: Literature September 4, 2018
  • Metacognition – Guiding students to sense the right time to use strategies September 1, 2018
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  • A Question on Frankenstein: Walton’s Change in Perspective December 2, 2018
  • Organising a Debate Club: Some Points of Practice November 10, 2018
  • Reading and Writing as Planning October 13, 2018
  • Differences between a learner and a doer October 12, 2018
  • Do English teachers need charisma? September 25, 2018
  • Using Accelerated Reader: Report Commissioned for the NATE ICT Committee September 18, 2018
  • Content vs Specification: Thoughts about KS5 Planning September 14, 2018
  • Building a Sixth Form Curriculum: Literature September 4, 2018
  • Metacognition – Guiding students to sense the right time to use strategies September 1, 2018
  • Book Review: Notes from the Jungle: Provocative Teacherspeak August 31, 2018
  • Book Review: The Damage Done: A Macabre Love Island August 26, 2018
  • Book Review: The Hunger: Punctured Horror August 25, 2018
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