대학 토론대회 운영 현황 및 시사점

Abstract

Debate, regarded since ancient Greece as one of the important activities for cultivating critical thinking and communication skills, has become more important in modern civil society and democratic society. University debate competitions in Korea expanded in the late 1970s starting with the university union debate competition. However, in the early days, the grammatical form of discussion was emphasized rather than the strength of critical thinking and communication skills. Debate clubs or debate competitions were organized in each university in the mid-1990s, and by the 2000s, the quality of the debate competitions was high. Debate competitions for university students nationwide have also become more diversified. Busan National University, Sookmyung Women’s University, Chungnam National University, Chungbuk National University, Dankook University, and Pukyong National University are representative universities that have held on-campus debate competitions for more than 10 years. Among them, we would like to conduct a comparative analysis by selecting three universities that are historically and educationally representative while presenting an advanced model for on-campus debate competitions as universities that have held such competitions for more than 10 years. As a result, this paper aims to analyze the current status of on-campus debate competitions at Busan National University, Sookmyung Women’s University, and Chungnam National University and to explore implications for university education. In order to analyze the current status of the university's in-school discussion competitions, in this study interviews were conducted with practitioners of reading discussion competitions at each university and a content analysis method of discussion competition data posted on their websites was performed. The status survey can provide several improvements such as enhancing the understanding of university discussion competitions, reminding the importance of discussions in university education, and reaffirming educational implications.