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Engage your students in meaningful discussions with these practical strategies for fostering collaborative debate. Start by researching the topic to establish your expertise, then formulate open-ended questions that encourage a fluid discussion. Display questions prominently to keep students focused, ensuring they resonate with their life experiences. Distributing questions in advance can empower students to prepare, while it's essential that you refrain from answering your own questions. Emphasize that every answer holds value to create an inclusive and positive environment.
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Promoting Collaborative debate and Argument construction
TIPS • The instructor should research the topic in advance – this will give you the expertise to help the students. • Create an open-ended question - this allows the discussion to flow from these questions. • To help student focus on the question, put the question on an overhead, the board or photocopied on a sheet.
The questions to be at the student’s level or below, sometimes it’s best to use questions that are related to the students life experiences. This will prevent students from shying away and not participating. • Consider distributing the questions in advance to the students. • Do not answer your own questions. • Every Answer is correct