Creating a Good Debate Climate

For a good debate environment 

1. It is not good to have a prejudice if we would like to create a good debate climate. It’s normal to have prejudices as human beings. But in a debate climate, it is not fair to have these kind of prejudices.
2. The teacher should explain how it will be. She or he should set some certain rules.
3. The most important thing in a debate climate is that everybody should respect to each other.
4. At the beginning, it’s necessary to discuss what they think.
5. You have to think about before you discuss.
6. Students have to designate the ways of how to ask the questions about culture in a polite way.
7. The discussion should be student-centered, not teacher-centered.
8. The teacher should not direct the debate.
9. It’s important that the children learn how to explain their opinions. They can link between their thought and their culture.

I have created these features together with Ana in Democratic Citizenship course.