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Gunasilan, Uma – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2022
Purpose: Debates are well known to encompass a variety of skills we would like higher education candidates to embody when they graduate. Design/methodology/approach: Debates in a classroom with computer science as the main subject has been popular in high schools particularly with emerging issues around the area, however it does not have as an…
Descriptors: Debate, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods, Programming
Gunn, Laura H.; Ghosh, Subhanwita; ter Horst, Enrique; Markossian, Talar W.; Molina, German – College Teaching, 2022
In a polarized society, it is a university's responsibility to offer courses that explore highly controversial issues. Traditional forms of debate may create barriers to knowledge and entrenchment of perspectives, with students self-limiting their ability to develop informed opinions. We describe an active learning, double-blinded approach to…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Debate, Discussion, Public Health
Abernathy, Claire; Forestal, Jennifer – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Structured in-class debates are a valuable addition to courses that seek to foster students' development as citizens. In this study, we examine how different debate formats can impact their effectiveness as a pedagogical tool for advancing students' civic learning outcomes. We consider "moderated dualistic" debates that ask students to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Debate, Political Science, Citizenship Education
Bailey, Megan Snider – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2020
One reason that honors faculty often engage students in seminar discussions is to keep debate's features of competition, argument, and discord at bay. Intentionally structured academic debate represents a transdisciplinary pedagogy capable of cultivating ethical and empathetic citizenship through critical and creative thinking. The author uses…
Descriptors: Debate, Honors Curriculum, College Students, Student Attitudes
Cynthia Bansak; Julie K. Smith; Christine L. Storrie – Journal of Economic Education, 2025
The authors of this article describe three student-driven learning modules developed from their respective College Fed Challenge courses. These activities are ready-to-apply in a wide range of courses to facilitate adoption without a large time commitment. In the "Pick a Policy Maker" module, students gain an understanding of the…
Descriptors: Macroeconomics, Economics Education, Teamwork, Graphs
Li, Xiaoshan; Han, Zaichao; Fu, Jianping; Mei, Yun; Liu, Jianping – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2021
Although dialectical thinking plays an important role in daily life, this ability among adults, including university students, is not always well developed. The present study used three experimental designs to explore efficient ways to promote university students' dialectical thinking ability. The results showed that university students'…
Descriptors: Debate, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Logical Thinking
Manninen, Bertha Alvarez; Mulder, Jack, Jr. – Liberal Education, 2019
The authors, Bertha Alvarez Manninen, a pro-choice associate professor of philosophy at Arizona State University, and Jack Mulder Jr., a pro-life professor of philosophy at Hope College in Michigan have argued with each other since graduate school about abortion and other issues, while respecting each other's stances and friendship. In the current…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Persuasive Discourse, Debate, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Melissa Lisseth González Reséndez – Open Journal for Educational Research, 2024
This case study investigated the effects of different speaking activities (oral presentations, discussions, debates) on the speaking performance of 11 young adult EFL learners at a university in central Mexico. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and an online survey and analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings revealed…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Debate, Public Speaking, Teaching Methods
Shchebunyaeva, Natalia Germanovna; Guseva, Natalia Valentinovna; Polyanskaya, Galina Ivanovna; Fedorova, Elena Yurievna; Burlakova, Olga Pavlovna – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
The article is concerned with the substantiation of innovative approaches to teaching foreign languages at the university. It is established that during the professional training of specialists at the university, the special emphasis should be given to the application of innovative forms and methods of training aimed at qualitative mastering of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Innovation
Bouali, Amina – Arab World English Journal, 2021
On the 21st century scent of educational development, 'dialogism' hogs the limelight of leading academics, mapping ergo a stiff stronghold for active learning pedagogies. Regarding the field of literature more sensibly considered in English as Foreign Language (EFL) context, the plea for embracing interactive talks reverberates discernably in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Eom, Mi Ri; Lee, Young In – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2020
Contribution: This article aims to explore learner variables that predict the effectiveness of university class using the Havruta method. Background: This article was conducted on 105 learners enrolled in the "General Physics and Experiments 2" class at K University in South Korea. Research Questions: Independent and dependent variables…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness
Chen, Cheng-Chia; Swan, Karen – Online Learning, 2020
The research described in this article explored the efficacy of a novel teaching strategy to recreate classroom debates online. Using a structured approach and collaborative group work, the researchers developed an approach that students found very useful in six different dimensions: enhancement of active learning, critical thinking, interaction…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Debate, Computer Mediated Communication
Shargel, Rebecca – Journal of Jewish Education, 2019
This article presents original qualitative research applying paired text study, "havruta" learning, to the secular college classroom. I adapted this method to a first-year seminar in a public university and found that students perceived that "havruta" improved their abilities to verbalize their understandings through reading…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Educational Experience, Persuasive Discourse, State Universities
Lan, Wang; Lam, Ricky – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2020
Research on EFL teachers' beliefs and practices is significant for teaching effectiveness. This paper investigated and compared the convergences and discrepancies between an EFL teacher's stated beliefs and observed classroom practices related to teaching an L2 speaking-oriented Topical Debates course. In mainland China, Topical Debates is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Batmang; Gunawan, Fahmi – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2020
Albeit the research into Arabic slang has been extensively explored, little empirical evidence addresses the use of Arabic slang in the educational context. This study therefore examines the use of Arabic slang among students in one Islamic higher education in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It applies an interpretative case study design. The…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Debate, Competition, Language Variation