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Debate At-a-glance. Prep. Break students into two groups—For and Against the proposition. Assign or let students choose roles in the debate. Be explicit about the sources or types of evidence you want students to use to support their claims.
Harvard’s University-Wide Statement of Rights and Responsibilities underscores the importance of maintaining an academic environment that encourages the free exchange of ideas and protects the rights of individuals to express their views within the bounds of reasoned dissent.
To foster an environment of open and civil discussion, the following guidelines frame the expectations for members of the HKS community during events, meetings, and other occasions apart from class sessions when speakers present their views—on the HKS campus or elsewhere at Harvard University.
Classroom Debate. In its ideal form, debate is a tried-and-true way to get students engaging more purposefully with their readings. Not only does it allow them to see multiple perspectives on an issue, it allows them to hear those perspectives as inhabited by their peers, and encourages them to listen more intently to each other before responding.
To a striking degree, the speeches and welcoming messages to students at the beginning of the fall semester touched on a common theme: the importance of civil discourse and the centrality to the University’s mission of open debate in search of understanding and truth.
The core principle behind our debate, protest and dissent policy is that each of us has the right to solicit the community’s attention to our viewpoint, but not to compel, force, or monopolize it. Depriving others of the right to decide which public issues to think about, how to think about them, and where and when to express opinions about ...
19 Ιαν 2024 · Harvard’s 2024 spring term kicks off with events across the University designed to enhance our ability to engage in respectful and robust debate. As part of a commitment to open discourse on campus and off, Harvard will hold a series of events designed to model productive dialogue.
