Debate: A Tool for Teaching Graduate Students.PT1Debate: A Tool for
Teaching Graduate Students.
Moody-Corbett, Frances.
Division of Basic Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, A1B 3V6,
pmoody@morgan.ucs.mun.ca.
APStracts 2:0013S, 1995.
ABSTRACT
The introduction of a formal debate was used to stimulate discussion of
Neuroscience in our graduate program. The debate had several advantages for
encouraging student participation. Several students actively participated in
the debate: 4 debaters and 5 judges. Faculty coaches helped provide background
knowledge and guidance prior to the debate but were not debaters. Faculty
directed the judges in methods of evaluation, but were not judges. It was felt
that this method of teaching was not only fun, but also provided an
opportunity to learn current topics in Neuroscience, method of presentation
and critical evaluation.
Received 27 March 1996; accepted in final form 26 August 1996.
APS Manuscript Number S014-6.
Article publication pending J. Neurophysiol.
ISSN 1080-4757 Copyright 1996 The American Physiological Society.
Published in APStracts on 19 September 1996