Debating in Schools
Extra-curricular debating
Setting up a society
Learn the basics of how to get a debating society started, recruit pupils and assign various roles to team members.
Selecting and coaching a team
Competitive debating is a great way to improve and enhance the skills that debating promotes. Learn about the best ways to choose your team and how to prepare a team for a debating competition.
What makes a good motion?
Selecting a good motion is crucial to having an engaging debate. What are the questions to bear in mind when choosing a motion?
Useful motions
A helpful list of motions for teachers to support them in selecting various topics for debating in the classroom.
Extra-curricular debating
As well as being a powerful classroom tool, debating is a fun and educational extra-curricular activity.