2018 Workshop Talk | 1:01:26 | All Grade Levels, Rhetoric & Composition
Summary
This presentation will equip and encourage upper school teachers to use more debates in their classrooms. We will address how debate fits into a classical Christian curriculum, plus how to develop students’ ability to engage in high-quality debates with each other and with students from other schools. We will consider several benefits of debate, including how the activity motivates students to conduct quality research, to be better listeners, and to understand different perspectives on an issue. Also, we will see how debate gives us practice in speaking persuasively, concisely, and graciously.
Speaker
Stephen Rippon teaches literature, theology, debate, and rhetoric at Tall Oaks Classical School in Bear, Delaware. He holds a BS in English from the U.S. Air Force Academy, an MA in English literature from the University of Delaware, and an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Stephen’s wife, Jennifer, teaches science at Tall Oaks, and they have three children, Katie, Jacob, and Ian, who all attend Tall Oaks.
Additional Materials
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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