Debate as a teaching strategy in dental nursing is most useful because it teaches in a different way rather than passively absorbing information from a formal style lecture (Argyris, 1991, pp.3). When teaching through debate students are more likely to learn more by critically thinking. Critical thinking breaks off into a set of skills that involve arguing, integrating, applying, evaluating, and analyzing. These help give a different prospective to certain topics and illustrate the complexity of each one thus making it an important skill. Learning debate can be a milestone for students who want to pursue a degree in teaching; students who acquire the art of critical thinking can both read and write it, which is a valuable skill. This is accurate in the sense that if an individual has the ability to write effectively, it can influence success.
Debate has been classified to have a groundbreaking characteristic in student's critical thinking (Lipman, 2003). In dental nursing, debate is used in many different fields and for numerous amounts of different themes from politics to health, culture to education, religion to science, etc. If we take a small business as an example; a small business would need employees who can communicate well, if these employees have respectable public speaking abilities, they could create a message for various types of audiences, thus in time, establishing growth. Using debate as a teaching strategy gives an ability to fortify and enhance a student's knowledge and awareness in the given topic areas. This engages them into the learning process and works their mind to better analyze and memorize the discipline. Aside from building knowledge, debate somewhat forces the competitors to consider the facts of circumstances but also the allegations they may impose. This in return generates efficiency to think on your feet if a certain blocking, contradicting question or opposing argument is thrown at the debater. Key elements also play a big part in debating. Aside from conducting research the competitors must ensure well listening and oratory skills. Debating works both as a critically and strategically point of view for the debater and this is what classifies its competitive aspect.
Another setting debates can be used are in an online class. Online classes present both negative concerns as well as advantages. It is quite transparent to both the teacher and the student that without face to face communication, there might be a lack of engagement and enthusiasm, there is no one to really share emotions with and some students might get discouraged. On the other hand, many students find online classes work best for them due to the self-paced nature, some may use it as a challenging tool when learning new material or a new class because there is no one there to physically teach them. There are many varied students whom may choose to take online classes and all with different real life situations, this orients their class time to cause odd, irregular hours. In an online classroom, most schools have developed ...
