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Discussion/Debate. Jake Cusack, Sarah Hendry, Karen Samson, Sarah Thorne, & Suzie Ziel. Clicker Question 1: Do you think the drinking age should be changed?. Yes No Neutral. Clicker Question 2: Should the drinking age be raised, lowered, or remain the same?. Raised Lowered
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Discussion/Debate Jake Cusack, Sarah Hendry, Karen Samson, Sarah Thorne, & Suzie Ziel
Clicker Question 1: Do you think the drinking age should be changed? • Yes • No • Neutral
Clicker Question 2:Should the drinking age be raised, lowered, or remain the same? • Raised • Lowered • Remain the same
Against being 21 to consume alcohol: • When drinking is legal, they argue, it takes place in the open, where it can be supervised by police, security guards and even health-care workers. When the drinking age went up, the spigot wasn't turned off, it was simply moved underground--to homes or cars or frat-house basements--where no adult could keep an eye on things. • By offering better education and taking away the appeal of doing something "forbidden," it is believed that a lower drinking age will actually keep people safer (http://www.drugrehabtreatment.com) • With higher alcohol age limits, young people in the UK and US find it harder to get alcohol and so binge-drink when they do. This is not only harmful to them but creates a damaging attitude towards alcohol which continues into their later lives.(http://www.idebate.org) For being 21 and up to consume alcohol: • A higher minimum legal drinking age is effective in preventing alcohol-related deaths and injuries among youth. When the MLDA has been lowered, injury and death rates increase, and when the MLDA is increased, death and injury rates decline (Wagenaar, 1993). • Research shows that when the MLDA is 21, people under age 21 drink less overall and continue to do so through their early twenties (O'Malley& Wagenaar, 1991). • The brain develops through the early 20s and alcohol may harm the developing brain. (www.latimes.com)
Post Discussion/DebateClicker Question 1: Do you think the drinking age should be changed? • Yes • No • Neutral
Post Debate/DiscussionClicker Question 2:Should the drinking age be raised, lowered, or remain the same? • Raised • Lowered • Remain the same
Discussion/Debate • Social studies and literacy standards call for students to take a position on a subject and provide supporting evidence (Brophy & Alleman 224) • When students prepare for a debate they must research and find evidence to support what they think (Brophy & Alleman 224) • You can decide which side the students will argue to force them to look at both sides of an issue (Brophy & Alleman 224)
Benefits of Discussion/Debate in the Classroom • Build better knowledge and understanding • help students clarify issues and relate new knowledge to prior knowledge • elicits higher levels of thinking than the traditional lecture approach and helps students to retain knowledge • Inspire active learning • learn to express their ideas and listen to their classmates’ ideas • express criticism without being offensive, but they also train the students to accept criticism without being offended. (Discussion in the Classroom)
Challenges of Using Discussion/Debate • Making sure students stay engaged • Set-up – be physically close to the students • Set the tone early – students expected to be actively participating • Create an atmosphere of unconditional acceptance can be difficult (Discussion in the Classroom)