Argue the Toss

Debating and Public Speaking for the Classroom

Public speaking and reasoned disagreement are key skills for our students. In this half-day course, take away practical strategies for how to utilise debating and public speaking in your classroom to develop confidence and structured analytical thought in Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. See below for more details, or click to book.

Half-day online conference (9.30-12.30): £165.

ONLINE 15 JUNE

ONLINE 21 JUNE

Programme: Half-Day Conference

The Value of Debating

Evidence-backed evaluation of debate in the classroom
The value of debating beyond the classroom
Where and when debating will have the most impact on learning

Introducing Public Speaking

Simple activities, games and lesson elements to introduce key skills
How to create buy-in: public speaking for everyone
Building in structure and analysis

Debating Formats

How to structure debates in lessons, and how to structure lessons around debates
Plug-and-play formats for class debates that will work across subjects
Classroom management for debating

Save Your Spot

Wed, 21 Jun
Argue the toss: Bringing debating into the classroom
Online Conference
Details
21 Jun 2023, 09:30 – 12:30
Online Conference
The skills of public speaking and debating are an essential asset and contribute directly to pupil success: take home strategies and structures to use in your classroom at KS3, 4 and 5. Half-day conference: £165.
Thu, 15 Jun
Argue the toss: Bringing debating into the classroom
Online Conference
Details
15 Jun 2023, 09:30 – 12:30
Online Conference
The skills of public speaking and debating are an essential asset and contribute directly to pupil success: take home strategies and structures to use in your classroom at KS3, 4 and 5. Half-day conference: £165.

Presenter: Stuart Thomson

Stuart hails from Australia, where school and university debating is taken very seriously. He was a champion school debater, and then an international standard debater for the world's most successfully university debating society (the University of Sydney) as an undergraduate; he has been a professional debating coach and adjudicator for a number of schools and competitions. Since going into teaching, he has led debating as an extra-curricular activity for a number of leading schools, introducing new formats, increasing participation and building up teams to competitive national-ranking standards.