Earlier this term, PiXL invited me to run a breakout session at their History Conference. It was a terrific opportunity to think about the unique role that debate plays in the history classroom. Debating and history are a superb match. History teachers and their students are in the business of analysis and evaluation. …
I’m an English teacher, and I can always tell which of my students does debating, from the clarity and rigour of their writing.
The last week has seen World Book Day and International Women’s Day. This week is British Science Week and World Speech Day is on Thursday. The calendar isn’t always so full, but there are many special days throughout the school year which teachers look to mark with assemblies, displays, workshops, guest speakers and other activities. …
We’ve been feeling festive at Noisy Classroom this week and have compiled some of our favourite debating activities. All with a little Christmas twist of course! Download activity sheet
In this week’s blog post, I’ve been thinking about the power of stories and how we might use those stories within debates. A debating speech isn’t the same as a story. Often, when students begin debating, we have to encourage them to move away from personal stories and anecdotes, in favour of structured …
Today’s guest blogger is Tony Koutsoumbos, the founder and Director of the Great Debaters Club, the UK’s only membership organisation and debate training programme for adults. Aimed at newcomers who never had the chance to join a club at school or university, the programme helps them to advance their personal and professional development through monthly training …
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Today’s guest blogger is Min Moultrie, a member of the Customer Support team at Tassomai. Tassomai is an intelligent learning program that helps students achieve outstanding results. Here she discusses her experience of judging at this year’s Up For Debate competition. Public speaking is not something that we are taught how to do in school, …
Tara Sallis was on the England Schools Debating Team in 2017 and is an undergraduate at Oxford University. On this guest blog she discusses five ways debaters can improve. If you have students who are enthusiastic about debating more, or you have particularly able debaters who want to polish their skills and try going …
Tara Sallis was on the England Schools Debating Team in 2017 and is an undergraduate at Oxford University. On this guest blog she discusses the ways in which debating has helped her. Debating is often seen as an extra curricular activity, something superfluous that can be added into a student’s education if they find …
Tara Sallis was on the England Schools Debating Team in 2017 and is an undergraduate at Oxford University. On this guest blog she shares her tips for approaching impromptu debates for beginners. For more help you can find Noisy Classroom resources on this here and here. Approaching impromptu debating can be intimidating, but some of …
