by Sarah Hughes | Feb 26, 2020 | Literacy, Speaking and Listening
“If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.” – W. Edwards Deming Debate is hugely beneficial to learning, exam performance and life [see ‘How to teach debate (part 1)’]. The two essential skills needed for a successful debate are...
by Sarah Hughes | Feb 5, 2020 | Literacy, Speaking and Listening
“The most important tactic in an argument next to being right is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without an embarrassing loss of face.” Stephen Jay Gould We’re hard-wired to prefer consensus over...
