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Subject area:
Debate and discussion
Age group:
KS 5
Resources:
Teacher guidance
Format:
Pdf, Web pages

Debating can enable young people to engage with a broad range of social, scientific and ethical issues facing society today. It can provide students with the opportunity to learn how to argue and defend points of view. Debating Matters provides guides and resources for setting up debate clubs in schools, together with details on the Institute of Ideas’ National Debating Matters Competition.

 


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