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    DEBATES

    Student-focused Instruction

    By: Carleigh Olive


    Overview
    01 02 03 04
    What is the What age group What effective How technology
    strategy best is the strategy implementation can enhance the
    designed to do best for of the strategy effectiveness of
    and why looks like the strategy
    What Debates are best
    designed to do
    Typically considered cognitive domain (both skill and knowledge objective)
    Often can be affective domains depending on the framing of the debate
    Summative assessment - allows educators to evaluate student learning and
    essential social skills (eg. collaboration)
    Allows for a near real-world experience
    Develop collaboration skills, respectful debating skills (conflict resolution),
    interpersonal skills
    Willingness to listen to different and possibly conflicting perspectives
    Organizing level of affective domain
    Can allow for student agency in education
    Stong critical thinking skills

    Strong critical analysis skills

    Collaboration skills

    What age Recognizing differing opinions and historical

    group is it
    perspectives

    Respectful debating etiqutite

    best for? Analyzing documents

    Debates are usually best for


    high schoolers since it requires... Public Speaking skills
    Implementation strategies
    student Randomly group Debate
    agency students Etiquette
    Allow students to choose To promote collaboration
    Before you begin the
    the topic of debate that and critical reasoning skills,
    debate, remind students of
    aligns with what they are randomly assign students
    the expectations during the
    currently learning to groups for the debate.
    debate.

    The Second World War One group will argue for


    Some expectations should
    was caused by a lack of the statement while the
    include being respectful to
    effective policies from other argues against it.
    others, allowing everyone
    the First World War.
    the opportunity to talk,
    Was there any If specific texts are
    having an open mind, and
    justification for the provided to students to
    using sound arguments
    atomic bombings of analyze, ensure there is an
    based on the texts.
    Hiroshima and Nagasaki equal amount for both
    by the US? sides of the debate.
    Meaningful use of technology
    Using online sources
    ebooks, digital news articles, videos, digital pictures/paintings, etc
    Sharing online sources during the debate for easy reference
    Collaborative work on online platforms
    Google Docs, Canva, etc
    Creates more accessible formats
    access to screen readers, text-to-speech, notes to reference
    Why are Debates important
    The class will be split into two groups
    randomly and create a very short debate on

    Mock
    one of the following questions:

    Is giving homework every day more

    Debate
    beneficial to student learning than giving
    no homework?
    Are hotdogs a sandwich? Why?
    Why is the number 13 NOT unlucky?

    Each group will come up with two


    arguments after a short group discussion
    they believe are most convincing.

    Then the first group will share their


    argument while the other group listens.
    Afterward, the second group will share
    their argument.
    Sources
    Bruce E. Larson, & Timothy A. Keiper. (2011). Instructional Strategies for Middle and
    Secondary Social Studies : Methods, Assessment, and Classroom Management. Routledge.

    McGraw Hill. (2021, Dec 1). How to Practice Student-Centered Learning in Social Studies.
    Medium.https://medium.com/inspired-ideas-prek-12/how-to-practice-student-centered-
    learning-in-social-studies-
    386f10e7b2b7#:~:text=In%20student%2Dcentered%20social%20studies,to%20models%20
    of%20civic%20spaces.

    Vahey, Phil. (2022, July 21). 6 Student-Centered Instructional Strategies. Houghton Mifflin
    Harcourt. https://www.hmhco.com/blog/student-centered-instructional-
    strategies#:~:text=The%20key%20to%20a%20student,Traditional%20essay

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