"Using Debate in the Classroom" - dialogue based on the book with this title

[Paul Terlemezian]

I recently received this book as a gift from Melissa Wade and will use this discussion group to help me understand and assimilate the contents.

There will be a new discussion for each chapter with the intent to facilitate dialog.

• Who am I: Please introduce yourself and describe why you are interested in this group
• Foreword: John Sexton
• Preface: Melissa Maxcy Wade
• Introduction: A Tool for Educating Minds and Hearts
• Chapter 1: Take No Prisoners: The Role of Debate in a Liberatory Education
• Chapter 2: Resolved; Debate Disrupts the School-to-Prison Pipeline
• Chapter 3: Evaluating Contradictory Evidence
• Chapter 4: Making Words Matter:Critical Literacy, Debate, and a Pedagogy of Dialogue
• Chapter 5: Discerning the Value of Information in the Digital Age
• Chapter 6: Engendering Academic Success: Debate as a School Engagement Strategy
• Chapter 7: Using Debate to Improve Scientific Reasoning
• Chapter 8: Critical Thinking through Debate: Skills, Dispositions, and Teaching Strategies
• Chapter 9: Using Debate to Develop Perspective Taking and Social Skills
• Chapter 10: Creating Hospitable Communities: Remembering the Emanuel 9 as We Foster a Culture of Humility and Debate
• Appendices