Sociology course: debate on racial profiling

Overall, I thought a debate was an effective way for the students to reflect and apply the learning from the required background reading. By splitting the class into the two sides, it motivates students to think through alternative viewpoints that they may not have thought about before. The technique also required full participation and a collaborative approach for each team to deliver their arguments.

I think this learning activity could have been more learner centred by getting the students to prepare the summaries vs. the instructor. The opposite sides could have written up the alternative arguments and then the whole class could have brainstormed about missing arguments for both sides.