Resources

The SADA runs an extensive Debating Education Program, co-ordinated by our Education Officer, Susanne Nicholson. Our education programs extend beyond "beginners debating” to develop senior debaters into great debaters. Further, the education program never stops. All of our adjudicators, who are undergraduate or graduate university students, largely from Law, Commerce and Arts Faculties, have extensive debating experience themselves, which is passed on to students during the critique of each debate. The debating education programme at the start of each year includes the following events:

NEW DEBATER'S EVENING

The New Debaters Evenings aim to teach the fundamentals of case preparation and debating for all new debaters, regardless of year level.

This year we are holding two New Debater's Evenings.

2 March 2010
Venue:  UniSA City West campus - Room GK5-15 (see map)
Time:    7pm (will conclude approximately 8:30pm)

3 March 2010
Venue:  UniSA City West campus - Moot Court (see map)
Time:    7pm (will conclude approximately 8:30pm)

Students will be given a basic introduction to debating and to preparing a debate. There will also be a video of a short debate and plenty of opportunities to ask questions.

COACH THE COACHES

9 March 2010
Venue: UniSA City West Campus - Room RR3-11 (see map)
Time: 7pm

Coaches need coaching too! We realise that often a school relies on senior students and teachers with little debating experience, who appreciate advice on how to help students construct cases, what they need to focus their students on, and general information on how the competition runs. Run by the SADA’s Education Officer, this evening is for those teachers, parents etc. who will be coaching in 2009, but are new to the concept of debating and/or coaching.
 
 
POINT OF INFORMATION DEMONSTRATION DEBATE

10 March 2010
Venue: UniSA City West Campus - Moot Court (see map)
Time: 7pm (will conclude approximately 8:30pm

This is an opportunity to watch a demonstration debate between Senior Adjudicators and Executive members showing the use of Points of Information. It is aimed at those in the Senior A-Grade and B-Grade.



SENIOR DEBATING WORKSHOPS

These workshops are designed to help further the skills of Year 10, A-Grade and B-Grade debaters, who have grasped basic concepts, and are ready to tackle debating intricacies. These workshops usually take the format of a lecture on a particular aspect of high quality debating from the states best debaters, followed by an opportunity to practice their new-found skills in a secret topic debate and receive specialist, expert feedback.
 
These workshops also form the part of the selection process for the State Team.

Venue: St Peter's College (in the Big School Room)
Dates:Sunday 7 March
          Sunday 14 March
          Sunday 21 March
          Time:  2-5pm

All students are welcome to attend.



ADF Debating Guide

A copy of the ADF guide is available here.