CONCERN DEBATING
The Concern Debates have been an important and fun part of the school curriculum for more than 30 years.
The Concern Debates programme is open to senior cycle students and runs from October with the final taking place in May.
The programme will be run online from this September. Participating teams will record videos of their speeches to be marked online by our volunteer adjudicators.
All schools will get the chance to take part in four unique debates and learn about development issues and the work of Concern.
Teams debate four out of five motions in the League Phase. The motions are provided to participating schools after the registration deadline. Teams receive points (out of 3) for each debate, 3–0 for a unanimous win/loss, or 2-1 for a majority win/loss. These are added up in the league table and their place in the table is calculated. The top 32 schools then go through to the knockout phase.
The League Phase will kick off on October 19th, 2020, and finish on January 28th, 2021 with all debates taking place online.
Students are already busy getting ready for this years Concern Debating as is evident from the following photos.
Learning to Debate and Public Speak reaps life long benefits.
Develop excellent oral and written communication skills.
Develop excellent critical thinking skills.
Develop effective tools for research, organisation and presentation.
Develop strategies to overcome fears of public speaking.
There lots of learning but most importantly lots of fun
