Course Details
Date: Friday 4 April 2025
Time: 9.30am to 3.30pm
Term: Term 1
Location: Zoom
Presenter: Ron Thomas
Price: Individual enrolment $300 +GST
Course Description
- The Benefits of Debating and What is a Debate
- Structuring a Team Case
- Speaker Roles and Speaker Templates
- Definitions
- Tips for Advanced Debaters
- Team line & split
- Matter Method Manner
- Creating Great Manner
- Argument Drama Games
- Manner Skills Games
- Manner Cards
- Preparation Strategies and secret topics
- Sample Matter Outline
- Types of Rebuttal and consequent strategies
- Resources
- What Adjudicators hate
- Adjudicator’s Assessment sheet
Minimum enrolment numbers: 4
Great variety of activities and informative
I absolutely loved this course. Ron presented incredibly thorough techniques to help me develop my students debating techniques. Many thanks.
There was so much in this PL (including resources) that I can confidently go back with and use with my students.
Teaching Standards
- 2.2.1 Organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence.
- 3.1.4 Demonstrate exemplary practice and high expectations, and lead colleagues to encourage students to pursue challenging goals in all aspects of their education.
- 3.5.4 Demonstrate and lead by example inclusive verbal and non-verbal communication using collaborative strategies and contextual knowledge to support students’ understanding, engagement and achievement.
- 4.1.2 Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities.