Our overall curriculum goal is to train students to:
- Become strong debaters and fully prepared for tournaments
- Train critical thinking, research, analysis, and literacy skills
- Expand knowledge base
- Improve teamwork and leadership skills
maximum class size
6
class length
2 hrs
# of classes per term
10-14
Debate Skill
Our goal is to tailor debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx coaching to the needs and abilities of the students. While there is a general curriculum focused on introducing students to the key skills and knowledge areas in competitive debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx, coaches will adjust the timing and content of the general curriculum to the progress of students and upcoming tournaments.
Debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx skills including:
- Effective argumentation, rebuttal and speech structure,
- Debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx rules and conventions,
- Good debating habits (like note-taking and effective research),
- Advanced strategy and important debating tactics (such as weighing impacts and using case studies).
General Knowledge
All classes have one coach who facilitates discussions on new areas of knowledge or strategic concepts, helps students prepare arguments for new debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx topics, and judges practice debates among students.
In terms of contemporary issues, students will learn about:
- Purpose and features of the criminal justice system
- Major issues in international relations
- Basic ideas in economics as they relate to debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx rounds
- Relevant current events, which may include
- use of force by police
- the treatment of minorities
- the benefits and harms of government policies
Practice Debate + Individualized Coach Feedback
Almost every classa set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality. will have one practice debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx – which is followed immediately by detailed and individualized coach feedback targeted towards improvement. Coaches will use the rest of the classa set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality. time to discuss new concepts and practice skills through a variety of speech and debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx activities.
Homework
Every classa set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality., coach will leave homework. Students are expected to read the news, do research, and prepare debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx cases. This helps students to expand their knowledge base and consolidate debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx skills.
Report Card & Parent Info
Coaches at the Vancouver Debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx Academy are in constant communication with one another about the progress of each classa set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality. and each student through regularly written summaries at the end of classes.
Because debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx is a soft skill, it is hard to measure in a test or with a score. Instead of providing students with an overall mark, students are assessed in terms of improvement in relation to skills and knowledge. At the end of each semester, every student will be given a written report card on their progress. This will detail various areas of debating and speaking skills, as well as knowledge areas that coaches feel the student has improved in.