Discovering the World Through Debate - A Practical Guide to Educational Debate (Paperback)

This guide introduces to the Karl Popper debate format. It discusses the nature of political debate and presents practical rules and guidelines for debaters, from a discussion on the role of debate in an open society to a description of how to prepare and run a debate event, train judges, and involve the community. The guide also contains a transcript of a full debate with step by step critique and 50 exercises to be used in the classroom or debate club.