This study looks for the most effective way to achieve the purpose of debate education of university students. It examines troubles students have in debate by questioning survey, after which it searches respective problems and improvements. The ways a...
This study looks for the most effective way to achieve the purpose of debate education of university students. It examines troubles students have in debate by questioning survey, after which it searches respective problems and improvements. The ways and contents of debate education are divided into preparation, debate and evaluation. Debate education is appropriate to develop comprehensive and creative thinking skills. To acquire qualifications one needs to be a citizen, debate is the most overall and effective way to have a conversation. It is difficult, however, to expect respectful result of debate education in the class where almost 60 students are belonging to. Usually, there are group discussions. The problem is that a few participating the debate while the rest merely doss about. Students have to know the way to justify whether their opinions contain proper reasons. They should be able to represent the convincing grounds for their arguments. Many, however, tend not to research or think about the topic and only want to finish presenting their views in given time. The attitude of these students attending this class can be different according to major, sex, age and what they are interested in. Even though a professor leads the lecture, (s)he has to listen to students continuously, be equipped with suitable educational strategy responding to their opinions and study and develop means of motivating students to learn consistently.