Sociology course: debate on racial profiling
Fragment of a discussion from Documentation talk:Course Design Intensive/Facilitators Guidebook/Case Studies
Using the format of a debate is clearly a nice fit with the topic which could be controversial. I wonder if there could be a way to instruct debating skills in a more purposeful or sophisticated way, beyond the exercise of taking each other's point of view. In other words, it seems this format could be very useful to deepen students understanding of the content the debate was about but maybe something could be added in terms of communication skills?