School Debate Research Articles

The debate - an opportunity for the formation of ecological culture in Biology and Health Education

Abstract The present study is part of a didactic experiment, which aims at establishing the application and effectiveness of the school debate, as an interactive method of teaching in Biology and Health Education in XII grade in order to form an environmental culture among students. The application of school debate as a part of interactive methods corresponding to the objectives of environmental education and upbringing of a selected methodological unit of the ‘Sustainable development - strategy for preserving life on Earth’ is presented, and options for its application in a specific stage of the macro structure of the lesson are proposed. The results of a questionnaire, conducted with students to explore their opinions on the application of the debate as a teaching method, are presented. The analysis of the results shows that students are motivated to actively engage in the process of learning Biology and Health Education, accept the debate as an interactive form of learning because they believe that it increases their environmental awareness and develops key skills such as, critical thinking; skills to support sustainable development; teamwork; making decisions on various environmental topics; improves the ability to analyze and evaluate the relationship between man-society-nature.

학교-마을 연계 교육 실천 경험에 대한 비판적 자문화기술지

The purpose of this study is to critically explore the experience of practicing school-community linkage education through the perspective of politics of curriculum, which pursues critical exploration of school knowledge. To achieve this purpose, I, as a researcher, conducted a critical autoethnography to analyze the debates about knowledge between in-and-out the school that occurred in the process of practicing school-community linkage education based on my reflective experience and narrative of practicing school-community linkage education. According to the research results, it was confirmed that in practicing school-community linkage education, the debates on school knowledge take place between in-and-out the school. The results of this study show in detail whether in-and-out school debate the selection, composition, and delivery of knowledge in school-community linkage education due to different perspectives, premises, and methods. In particular, it was discovered that the hegemonic order on school knowledge, including political and sociocultural context, ideology, power distribution, and control mechanisms, acts in various ways in implementing this school-community linkage education. The results of this study are meaningful as data that provide theoretical insight in improving and qualitatively improving school-community linkage education by addressing conflict and dilemma issues in-and-out the school that arise in the process of promoting school-community linkage education.

The rise of the red dragon: the non-binary political economy of decentralised public banks

ABSTRACT This article scrutinises China’s unexpected economic ascent as an industrial dynamo despite an underdeveloped institutional framework, driven by a fusion of the Currency and Banking School arguments. Our discourse focuses on the reorganisation of endogenous money in post-Communist China, which significantly fortified the domestic economy. We employ a two-tiered framework, firstly linking the Currency vs. Banking School debate to the crucial role of domestic bank credit creation in economic development. Subsequently, we anchor this within the context of the post-Mao reforms, illustrating how ‘inside money’ is deployed in a top-down manner to real industry via a bottom-up and decentralised organisational design. The emergent Chinese political economy is in our view defined by the amalgamation of neo-statist and neo-liberal credit market policies. We detail the transformative effect of evolving domestic commercial banking trends, thereby shaping a distinctive post-Communist society.

Developing Website-Based Gamification Learning Media on Debate Texts in Indonesian Language Learning

This research and development is motivated by the lack of creative learning media in Indonesian language learning, especially in grade X high school debate text material. Therefore, there is a need to develop website-based gamification learning media that makes learning more creative and innovative. Until the researcher developed the Website-Based "Adventure of Gama" Gamification in Class to determine the feasibility of developing website-based "Adventure of Gama" gamification in class X high school debate texts, and (3) to determine the effectiveness of the gamification trials being developed. This research uses the Research and Development (R&D) research method, using the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) development procedure. In this research, the ADDIE development procedure. The subjects in this research were class X high school students The data collection technique and instrument used in this research is a questionnaire sheet, while the information analysis technique used is quantitative descriptive data analysis. The research results show that the learning media developed is in the "Very Good" category. This is proven by obtaining an average score of 85.2 and is suitable for testing to obtain an effectiveness test. The average obtained from material experts was 100, from media experts as much as 78.8, and teaching experts as much as 77. Based on these results, it can be concluded that research into the development of website-based "Adventure of Gama" Gamification in Class X High School Debate Texts was used as media. learning that can motivate students to follow the Indonesian language learning series, especially in debate material.

Theorizing Catholicism in International Relations: An English School Framework

This article draws attention to a trend in International Relations (IR) discourse that analyzes aspects of Catholicism through an English School lens. It argues that IR analyzes of aspects of Catholicism should or could be more productively theorized through a two-fold English School framework: (a) religious ideas, customs, and practices underpinning international society; and (b) the preference of the Catholic Church in pluralism versus solidarism English School debates. This framework can, arguably, be used as a tool for future IR investigation of aspects of Catholicism to better understand the influence of Catholic actors in international society.

Using Persuasive Discourse Strategies to Strengthen Arguments in School Parliamentary - Style Debates

Purpose - This research investigates the use of persuasive discourse strategies to strengthen arguments in parliamentary-style school debates. The research focuses specifically on the use of the three persuasive discourse strategies (quasilogical, presentational and analogical) proposed by Barbara Johnstone (2012). Methodology - The research design employed is action research that is qualitative in nature utilizing discourse analysis as the method for data analysis. Findings - The victory of the winning team can be attributed to the effective use of these three strategies during the debates. The persuasive strategies consisted of repetition, questions, appeals, using logical reasoning, giving examples and storytelling method. The study shows that persuasive discourse strategies, if effectively used to develop the argument structure, will prove to be an effective method to win debates. Significance - The findings of the study are useful for school debaters and teachers, trainers or coachers of school debating teams.

Can high school competitive debating facilitate political participation? The role of political knowledge and identification with a politically active group

Although young people express dissatisfaction with their lives and politics, research indicates a decline in youth political participation. Therefore, it is important to investigate activities that could incentivize youth to be more engaged in politics. Available studies suggest that debating in high-school debate clubs could lead to a greater intention to participate in politics. This study investigates the relationship between debating and political participation, and further explores political knowledge and identification with a group of debaters as potential mechanisms underlying this relationship. A total of 175 members of high school debate clubs from Croatia participated in the study. Results showed a positive association between the longevity of membership in a high school debate club and the intention to participate in politics. This relationship was completely mediated by greater political knowledge and identification with the group of debaters, meaning a group of politically active young people. In practice, these findings suggest young people, especially ones that have less political knowledge and are not inclined to participate in politics, should be incentivized to join debate clubs or similar activities.

Semi-public speaking: How virtual high school debate competition increased accessibility for marginalized students

Semi-public speaking: How virtual high school debate competition increased accessibility for marginalized students

Consequential Issues of Censoring Curriculum: Who Has the Right to Ban What’s Read?

Ms. Sampson, a White eighth-grade teacher in a predominately White suburban school district in the southern United States, decided to include several books in her lesson plan. Selected books were from the school’s library and had been previously approved by stakeholders as instructional resources for the district. One parent, a school board member, became enraged when he heard about the readings during a Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) back-from-spring-break celebration and contacted the district superintendent. A book was subsequently removed from the library and Ms. Sampson was placed on administrative leave without pay. This case centers on the critical race debate in public schools and how school leaders and other stakeholders address a teacher’s decision to diversify curriculum and instructional resources amid stakeholder pushback.

Central Bank Digital Currencies Analyzed in a Banking School versus Currency School Framework

Abstract This article analyses the justifications for the creation of central bank digital currencies – CBDCs – and their anticipated features with the aim of looking at them from two different and somewhat opposing perspectives. These perspectives define the two broad historical and logical currents that emerged in the Banking School versus the Currency School debates. We are going to investigate to which extent can the concept of CBDC be embedded into the Banking School’s body of thought and to which extent can it be criticized with the arguments of the Currency School.

The Degree of Assertiveness in Speeches Delivered by Debaters on NSDC 2020 Final Round

Considering the crucial roles of interpersonal meaning in argumentative speech, the study evaluated the use of interpersonal meaning using Halliday’s theory (2014) in debate speeches. It aimed to find out the use of mood and modality in the speech of debaters and how mood and modality realize assertiveness. This research used a qualitative research design with the data from spoken language, especially the final round of the National School Debating Championship 2020. The result of the study on 6 high school debaters showed that there are 1061 mood systems found; they are classified as declarative, interrogative, and imperative mood systems. The most occurred mood in the speech was the declarative mood, which is 999 clauses and categorized as a statement that contains information for the debater to present their idea. The presented ideas were used in an attempt to justify the team’s stances. The modality system found that the most common type of modality in speech was the inclination modality, which is 40 clauses. It indicates that the debater wants to show their determination on how the debater deals with the motion. By analyzing the speech using interpersonal meaning, the highest number of declarative mood and inclination modalities indicates the assertiveness in every debater’s speech.

Role of relationships on efficacy of 100% transition in public secondary schools in Kisii County, Kenya

This present study sought to investigate the role of relationships on the efficacy of 100 per cent transition in public secondary schools in Kisii County, Kenya. Sound relationship stance a conducive teaching and learning environment for learners to excel. This is achieved through controlled social interaction among learners. The study adopted both descriptive survey and mixed research designs. The study targeted a total of 33,593 students, 4,986 teachers and 186 principals, out of which a sample of 380 students, 357 teachers and 27 principals was selected. Regression analysis showed that the variations of relationships could result in an improved efficacy of learner's transition in secondary schools in the County by 37.9 per cent, and it was statistically significant, p<.05. Additionally, ANOVA (F (1,206) =82.471, p=.000<.05) showed a statistically significant effect of relationships on the efficacy of 100 per cent transition in the County. The interviews revealed poor student-student and student-teacher relationships, like prefects were excessively empowered to the extent of bullying their colleagues. Therefore, the school’s management should organise team-building activities like ball games, school debates, exposure trips, clubs and societies to foster working relationships in schools to improve the efficacy of 100 per cent transition. Additionally, the need for strengthening the roles of the Guidance and Counselling department in schools was noted.

Sentiment Analysis in High School Debate: A Case Study

Sentiment Analysis in High School Debate: A Case Study

"We're not killing you; we are simply withdrawing your oxygen": Chicago's Catholic Education Crisis and the Providence-St. Mel School Debate

Amid a financial crisis afflicting its schools, on March 28, 1978, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced its closure of the West Side's only Catholic high school: Providence-St. Mel. The debate over funding Providence-St. Mel highlights how archdiocesan officials, students, parents, school staff, and others understood and reacted to the crisis in inner city Catholic education—one of the most significant racial issues confronting the Church. For Archbishop John Cody, the issue was money and religion. Throughout the later 1960s and 1970s, the Chancery Office allayed the school crisis with increased financial aid; however, this contributed to a growing archdiocesan budget deficit. Because Providence-St. Mel consistently needed funding, Cody argued it was difficult to maintain financial support. Aside from monetary considerations, he characterized Providence-St. Mel as "not basically Catholic," a designation meant to relieve the archdiocese of its fiscal responsibility. For Providence-St. Mel supporters, the primary issue was providing a quality Catholic education for students in a low-income black community. Consequently, the archdiocese's closure decision was seen as evidence of the Catholic Church's lack of concern for the inner city and the black community.

The Second Century Debate about the Therapy of Passions – Various Christian Remedies

The disturbing power of the passions or affections, collectively known as πάθος, was the subject of a remarkable debate in Graeco-Roman philosophical schools, as well as in Philo of Alexandria and soon among various early Christian authors. This paper contributes to the recent approach to this subject but also explores new contexts. It examines cosmological (myth), anthropological (the mind – emotions relation) and theological (salvation) ways of addressing that problematic supremacy of emotions. Although it summarises earlier philosophical views, it focuses on Christian documents from the second century and their witness to that ancient debate. By comparison with the diversity of Christian views on the passions, the paper highlights the diverse ‘therapies’ proposed by Christian authors. In conclusion, it points out common motifs among Christian responses to the passions, as well as the differences in their remedies.

Debate in Public Versus Independent Secondary Schools in New York City: Post-COVID-19 Health literacy and Equal Access to Basic Educational Opportunities

Speech and debate (referred to hereafter as debate) has the potential to play an integral role in increasing the health literacy of secondary school students, yet we did not identify published studies examining the prevalence of debate programs in public and independent secondary schools. The purpose of this study was to describe the presence of debate in a probability sample of public and independent secondary schools in New York City (NYC) and explore whether there were differences in the availability of debate programs when schools were classified based on public versus independent status, school enrollment, borough location, and proportion of non-white students enrolled. The sampling frame was constructed using NYC Open Data for the public schools and the publicly available membership directory of the New York State Association of Independent Schools. This cross-sectional study included a ~ 30% random sample comprising 255 public and 17 independent secondary schools. To identify whether schools offered debate programs, school websites were reviewed and follow-up calls were conducted to verify the information online. Independent one-tailed t-tests (a = 0.05), showed that access to a debate program was associated with public/independent status (p = .0000), larger enrollment (p = .0046), borough location (p = .0392), and proportion of non-white students enrolled (p = .0000). Schools with a higher proportion of non-white students were less likely to offer debate programs. Compared with students in public schools, students attending independent schools were more than three times as likely to have debate opportunities. These findings have implications for health literacy and educational equity.

Analyzing Gender & Performance in Competitive Environments with Machine Learning: A High School Debate Case Study

Analyzing Gender & Performance in Competitive Environments with Machine Learning: A High School Debate Case Study

Don't Just Add Women and Stir: How Judge Characteristics Affect Outcomes for Female Competitors in High School Debate

Don't Just Add Women and Stir: How Judge Characteristics Affect Outcomes for Female Competitors in High School Debate

Human Embryonic Moral Status in the Embryo Research Debate from the Indian Religious School of Thoughts

Human embryonic moral status in the embryo debate in the Indian religious school of thoughts is a challenging issue. The paper tries to figure out whether ontological status implies moral status of embryo. Consciousness is an important determinant of animation of human embryo. In this paper an attempt had been made to understand the concept of man and soul in the Hindu philosophical thought. In the process we would also make a critical review of embryology in the Hindu philosophical thought. The study would adopt a conceptual elucidation of morality. The paper made an elaborative study of Puruṣa as found in the Saṃkhya Philosophy and the study of consciousness and animation would try to resolve the related question, when does life begin to have that value? Embryo-protectionist regards embryos as a potential person. The Gita says the human person is individual self-called āttmā, whose nature is of pure consciousness, Brahman/Puruṣa. Consciousness constitutes the essentiality of individual Self. Human embryo developments are elaborately studied in the Yajñavalkya Smṛti, Garbha Upaniṣad, and Suśruta Saṃhitā. The self that remain latent in the embryo gets impetus with the association of consciousness until then it cannot be a human personality. In Hinduism sanctity of life gets combined with autonomy and self-determination. The sanctity of life applies both to the fetus as well as to the overall welfare of the society. The embryo being in an interim stage and the soul not being destroyed upon body annihilation, it may be claimed that since destruction or annihilation of the physical form does not destroy the soul, beneficial embryo research should thus not be abhorrent. The Hindu ethics as examined here precludes the consideration of the situation at hand, and causing the least harm and work according to one’s dharma.

THE PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS REGARDING THE WAYS OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL AT DISTRICT KECH BALOCHISTAN

Purpose of the study: The study was designed to investigate students' perception of community involvement in public secondary schools in the district KechBalochistan.
 Methodology: A quantitative method was employed for the current study and a descriptive study was designed to riposte the research questions. The sample size was delimited to 103 respondents. Data were gathered through Questionnaires which it was based on three clusters. Data were analyzed by utilizing the IBM SPSS version of 21.
 Main Findings: The researcher had found that the community involvement in school activities was not statistically significant. The majority of the student’s perception was that their parental community didn’t attend school activities, it was to a low extent. The perceptions of students about parental involvement in school debate activities plus school publications activities in addition to the parental involvement in school club activities were low.
 Applications of the study: The researcher had also suggested to the parents that their involvement in school activities plays a significant role in their academic performances.
 Novelty/Originality of the study: The outcomes of the research or study will motivate or encouraged the community members, especially the parent community to involve themselves more in the school affairs process to enhance the students learning achievement.