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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
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J. T. McKeever; L. E. Runceanu – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2024
Background: Combining Game-Based Approaches, video feedback, and debate of ideas "(débat d'idées)" constitutes an emerging field within pedagogical literature in Physical and Health Education. Nevertheless, more work is needed to understand how this digital tool can be effectively integrated into the teaching and learning process.…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Video Technology, Visual Aids, Student Centered Learning
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Alghamdi Hamdan, Amani K.; Aldossari, Ali Tared – Issues in Educational Research, 2021
Ongoing global crises, including climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, have made Saudi Arabia recognise the importance of moving away from its oil-dependent economy. This inaugural, exploratory study focused on female postgraduate students who, in addition to striving for intellectual growth and development, are shouldering a social obligation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Females, Debate
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Ian G. Anson – Journal of Political Science Education, 2025
In the modern American politics classroom, ideological and partisan conflict have the capacity to interfere with a healthy classroom environment. This problem is increasingly apparent when students engage questions at the heart of U.S. Constitutional design. By asking students to inhabit fictional roles with preferences and attitudes that may…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Design, Classroom Environment, Politics
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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
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Cridland-Hughes, Susan – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2018
This article explores the interaction between popular culture, community-based education, and the establishment of a critically literate debate community, using the case of City Debate as one example of how critical literacy is embedded and taught through curriculum. Debate has historically been conceptualized as a structurally rigid space for…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Critical Literacy, Debate, Qualitative Research
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Levy, Brett L. M.; Collet-Gildard, Lauren; Owenby, Thomas C. – Social Studies, 2017
Researchers have found that when young people participate in discussions of controversial political issues, they often become more politically engaged and informed (Hess, 2009). Nonetheless, some educators avoid fostering such discussions because they can become heated and distract from academic learning (Hess, 2002). Presidential elections,…
Descriptors: Debate, History Instruction, Political Campaigns, Elections
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Jagger, Suzy – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2013
A commonly used teaching method to promote student engagement is the classroom debate. This study evaluates how affective characteristics, as defined in Bloom's taxonomy, were stimulated during debates that took place on a professional ethics module for first year computing undergraduates. The debates led to lively interactive group discussions…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Undergraduate Students, Debate, Group Discussion
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AlKandari, Nabila – Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine students' communication in the college classroom through faculty-led methods of enhancing classroom participation. The students in this study perceived that faculty members work to engage them in various classroom activities and enhance their participation through discussions, debates, dialogue, group…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Educational Change, Classroom Communication
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Eckstein, Jessica J. – Communication Teacher, 2008
When students encounter opposing beliefs in college classrooms, they can opt to remain apathetic, change perspectives, or defend their position. The process of integrating theories with personal beliefs is important to students' application of theories to their lives, and an involved instructor guides students in such applications. Communication…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking, Perspective Taking, Beliefs
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Oros, Andrew L. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2007
Structured classroom debates (SCDs), whereby teams of students debate a question prepared outside of class, help advance two goals many political science instructors struggle to achieve with their students: classroom participation beyond the "usual suspects" present in every classroom and critical thinking and analysis of political issues. This…
Descriptors: Political Science, Debate, Student Participation, Active Learning
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Hiller, Harry H. – Teaching Sociology, 1975
Debate is proposed as the best pedagogical alternative, of several that are suggested, to teach theoretical and relevant sociology to undergraduate college students. (ND)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Debate, Higher Education, Relevance (Education)
Jensen, J. Vernon – Improving College and University Teaching, 1980
Twelve methods to enhance the learning of college students and at the same time increase their oral communication skills and classroom participation are presented. They include: facilitators of class discussions, triadic critiques of students' essays, panel discussions, forum periods, debates, and manuscript reading. (JMD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Instruction, Communication Skills, Debate
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Crone, James A. – Teaching Sociology, 1997
Suggests that professors who want to increase students' participation and foster student involvement should employ panel debates in their classes. Outlines the background readings and organization steps required to set up a panel debate. Reviews literature relating to the use of student debates in sociology instruction. (DSK)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Debate, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education
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Liberman, Aaron; Scharoun, Kourtney; Rotarius, Timothy; Fottler, Myron; Dziuban, Charles; Moskal, Patsy – Journal of Faculty Development, 2005
This study seeks to determine the level of acceptance of the Constructive Engagement Method (CEM) as a teaching, learning, and leadership skills development model. Employing a modified debate format, constructive engagement requires active student participation, even among the most introverted of students, and it fosters a learning environment…
Descriptors: Leadership, Debate, Student Participation, Leadership Qualities
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