The aim of this paper is to give concrete forms of the contents of the Curriculum of Debate Education in Elementary school. For the purpose, I consider some precedent studies about this issue and reflect the results into this paper. In this study, ``I...
The aim of this paper is to give concrete forms of the contents of the Curriculum of Debate Education in Elementary school. For the purpose, I consider some precedent studies about this issue and reflect the results into this paper. In this study, ``Intersubjectivity`` is the decisive principle of the curriculum of debate education. It consists of three factors; (1) ``self-consciousness`` which is an exact understanding of one`s standpoint in the debate, (2) ``other-consciousness`` which is an appreciate the other debater`s (3) ``transaction``, the process which emphasizes active talking in context of debating to create new public opinion. The contents of the curriculum of debate education in elementary schools should be able to show elementary students and teachers how to use essential elements of debate which are composed of knowledge, skills and strategies. The proposed and restructured contents of the curriculum of debate education is included and it contains the teaching and learning contents of ``argument`` which are originated from the practical and analytical researches about elementary students argument in this paper. Continually the contents curriculum of debate education need to be restructured in order to benefit students learning in meaningful contexts.