This month, we will be running two days of 'Pop Up' Debating Workshops where children can learn in a fun and interactive environment, and come away learning some invaluable skills! Come to just this day or both days. TUESDAY JANUARY 19th. Debating; the basics. If you have a child who …
Entries for the Schools' Competition close today. Please be sure to register online at https://www.debatingsa.com.au/enter
Suitable for beginners in Years 5 to 8, the Prepare a Debate seminar will provide you with the opportunity to prepare and present a debate to an adjudicator and receive feedback in preparation for the upcoming debating season.
Unlike many other co-curricular activities that coaches may take on in a school, debating requires active facilitation by a coach who has a critical ear and knowledge of some argumentation theory. This workshop aims to provide an opportunity for participants to upskill themselves in critical listening and coaching. Workshop outcomes …
Interested in becoming an adjudicator? Love debating? Have you heard about the wonderful family of adjudicators we have here at Debating SA? If so, join us! We are running a whole day training session to introduce you to Debating and the wonderful world of debating in our competition. This session …
Interested in becoming an adjudicator? Love debating? Have you heard about the wonderful family of adjudicators we have here at Debating SA? If so, join us! We are running a whole day training session to introduce you to Debating and the wonderful world of debating in our competition. This session …
Interested in becoming an adjudicator? Love debating? Have you heard about the wonderful family of adjudicators we have here at Debating SA? If so, join us! We are running a whole day training session to introduce you to Debating and the wonderful world of debating in our competition. You must …
Suitable for beginners in Years 5 to 8, the Prepare a Debate seminar will provide you with the opportunity to prepare and present a debate to an adjudicator and receive feedback in preparation for the upcoming debating season. Lunch and afternoon tea are catered and every participant will receive a …
What are fallacies? How can they help you to develop better arguments and improve your rebuttal? Come along to this fun and interactive seminar and find out!
A key part of debating is providing evidence to support your case. This seminar will help you to ensure that you use evidence correctly and effectively.
Highly recommended for all debaters, this seminar will take students through the most popular techniques of rebuttal and how to apply them in a debate situation.
This training is for adjudicators seeking to adjudicate Year 10 and Senior division (Years 11 and 12) debates. Participants must have already undertaken Primary School Adjudicator Training and Year 8/9 Adjudicator Training.
For the average person the word "Stoic", conjures up all sorts of misconceptions. Often Stoics are thought of as being emotionless and passive but nothing could be further from the truth. They were dynamic and practical thinkers. Who were the Stoics and what did they believe? In this thought-provoking seminar …
What are fallacies? How can they help you to develop better arguments and improve your rebuttal? Come along to this fun and interactive seminar and find out!
A key part of debating is providing evidence to support your case. This seminar will help you to ensure that you use evidence correctly and effectively.
Highly recommended for all debaters, this seminar will take students through the most popular techniques of rebuttal and how to apply them in a debate situation.
Suitable for beginner debaters, the Learn to Debate seminar will guide participants through the fundamental aspects of debating, including: what is a debate? speaker roles and responsibilities, debate scoring, key aspects of argument, presentations and structure. The day will culminate in participants preparing and presenting a debate to one of …
Fallacies: Errors in reasoning Being able to recognise poor thinking in one’s own debate as well as the arguments of the opposition is a key skill in debating. Through the identification of logical fallacies, participants will be armed with this key tool to call out poor thinking in their opposition’s …
Primary: Wed 30 Mar 2022, Secondary Wed 6 Apr 2022. Aimed at coaches for the Schools’ Competition this workshop will focus on the following topics: 1. Introduction to debating and expectations of students. 2. Guiding students to brainstorm and organise arguments. 3. Use of evidence and statistics. 4. Brief introduction …
Primary: Wed 30 Mar 2022, Secondary Wed 6 Apr 2022. Aimed at coaches for the Schools’ Competition this workshop will focus on the following topics: 1. Introduction to debating and expectations of students. 2. Guiding students to brainstorm and organise arguments. 3. Use of evidence and statistics. 4. Brief introduction …
Suitable for beginner debaters, the Learn to Debate seminar will guide participants through the fundamental aspects of debating, including: what is a debate? speaker roles and responsibilities, debate scoring, key aspects of argument, presentations and structure. The day will culminate in participants preparing and presenting a debate to one of …
Fallacies: Errors in reasoning Being able to recognise poor thinking in one’s own debate as well as the arguments of the opposition is a key skill in debating. Through the identification of logical fallacies, participants will be armed with this key tool to call out poor thinking in their opposition’s …
This training is for adjudicators seeking to adjudicate Year 10 and Senior division (Years 11 and 12) debates. Participants must have already undertaken Primary School Adjudicator Training and Year 8/9 Adjudicator Training.
This training is for adjudicators seeking to adjudicate Year 10 and Senior division (Years 11 and 12) debates. Participants must have already undertaken Primary School Adjudicator Training and Year 8/9 Adjudicator Training.
Fallacies: Errors in reasoning Being able to recognise poor thinking in one’s own debate as well as the arguments of the opposition is a key skill in debating. Through the identification of logical fallacies, participants will be armed with this key tool to call out poor thinking in their opposition’s …
This seminar is aimed at debaters wanting to further their skills in: Interpretation of complex topics Inductive and deductive reasoning Argument formation This workshop is highly recommended for all debaters.
This workshop will guide participants through the process of preparing a short preparation debate, in the allocated 90 minutes. At the conclusion of the preparation time, students will have the opportunity to debate and/or discuss their prepared arguments with our team of expert adjudicators. It is strongly recommended that students …
This is an introductory session to adjudicating to be followed by further training in 2023. This session is aimed at beginner adjudicators who will adjudicate Primary School debates for Years 5, and 7. Training is open to anyone of Year 11/12 school age or older. RSVP via the details above.
Suitable for beginner debaters, the Learn to Debate seminar will guide participants through the fundamental aspects of debating, including: what is a debate? speaker roles and responsibilities, debate scoring, key aspects of argument, presentations and structure. The day will culminate in participants preparing and presenting a debate to one of …
Primary: Wed 29 Mar 2023, Secondary Wed 5 Apr 2023. Aimed at coaches for the Schools’ Competition this workshop will focus on the following topics: 1. Introduction to debating and expectations of students. 2. Guiding students to brainstorm and organise arguments. 3. Use of evidence and statistics. 4. Brief introduction …
Fallacies: Errors in reasoning Being able to recognise poor thinking in one’s own debate as well as the arguments of the opposition is a key skill in debating. Through the identification of logical fallacies, participants will be armed with this key tool to call out poor thinking in their opposition’s …
Primary: Wed 29 Mar 2023, Secondary Wed 5 Apr 2023. Aimed at coaches for the Schools’ Competition this workshop will focus on the following topics: 1. Introduction to debating and expectations of students. 2. Guiding students to brainstorm and organise arguments. 3. Use of evidence and statistics. 4. Brief introduction …
Note that this evening has been postponed from the original date of Monday 8 May 2023 which will now occur on Monday 15 May 2023.
Teams should arrive 30 minutes before their debate time for team photos.
Teams should arrive 30 minutes before their debate time for team photos.
10am: Year 6/7 debate 11am: Year 8 debate 12 noon: Year 9 debate 1:45pm: Year 10 debate 3:00pm: Senior debate All teams and spectators are asked to arrive in The House of Assembly Chamber 15 minutes before the debate start time. Allow ample time to pass through security into …
We will come together to celebrate the achievements of the winning and runner up teams as well as the Debater of the Year winners in each division. Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC, Governor of South Australia and Debating SA Patron will present awards to students. Please note that …
