2019 Workshop Talk | 01:02:13 | All Grade Levels, Athletics & Extracurricular, Rhetoric & Composition
Summary
Why include debate in your classical Christian school program? When and how should you introduce it? Even in the upper grammar years, students who have applied their memories to a body of knowledge through classical methods are able to begin using logic and rhetoric in a rudimentary way to begin their training in speaking the truth in love through the practice of formal debates. Come learn why and how to begin including debates. We’ll offer a brief introduction to formal academic debate, ideas for incorporating it into your rhetoric class, suggestions on topics, who does the research, how much time to give the debate, and how to assess debates at various grade levels.
Speaker
Ramie Phillips holds a BA in social studies education . She has taught in Christian schools in Ohio and Hawaii, and now teaches seventh and eighth grade history as well as Rhetoric I and II, at Schaeffer Academy in Rochester, MN, where she has served since 2002. She and her husband, Keith (Schaeffer’s headmaster) live in Rochester, MN, and attend Trinity Presbyterian Church. They have two children, both graduates of Schaeffer Academy.
Katherine G. Schultz, EdD, has spent over 30 years in K–12 Christian school classrooms and administration, and has been the associate headmaster at Schaeffer Academy in Rochester, Minnesota, since 2006, where she also teaches courses in math, worldview, rhetoric, and literature. Her other professional interests include assessing and developing student worldview, teacher mentoring, and curriculum development in classical Christian schools . She and her husband, TJ, live in Rochester, MN, and attend Autumn Ridge Church. Katherine’s hobbies include cooking, reading, sewing, quilting, reading, gardening, reading, travel, and reading .
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The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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