FF:PHV234 Debate workshop - Course Information
PHV234 Debate workshop
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Marek Picha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Marek Picha, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- Reliability! It is essential for the success of the entire course that you come prepared to the four debates in which you and your team will actively participate. If you do not come, you will cancel one whole class. Furthermore, the ability to understand the Czech language and the willingness to use resources appropriate to the academic style are important.
The format of the course includes exactly five teams of three members each. Priority will be given to upper year students when enrolling in the course. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 27 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to develop students' practical persuasion skills.
- Learning outcomes
- Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- construct and present an appropriate persuasive statement
- identify and describe the criteria of rational persuasion
- recognise and use appropriate means of persuasion - Syllabus
- 10 debates in Karl Popper format
- Teaching methods
- workshop
- Assessment methods
- each team completes four debates; the two lowest scoring teams complete a fifth debate at the end of the semester; the lowest scoring team members then submit a persuasive essay
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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