joi, 23 septembrie 2010

Dictatorii ar trebui asasinaţi?!


Mădălin Guruianu dă startul primei confruntări de idei din sezonul 20010-2011 a Clubului de Debate Sfântu Gheorghe, între echipa de bază care rămâne la club, la nivel de liceeni, Andreea Cucu, Simina Gheorghincă, Ioan Ganea jr. şi actualii studenţi, Vlad Vidican, Alex Drăgoi şi Dani Cruceriu.

 
Auditoriul numeros din clasele a IX-a, a X-a şi 3 fete din Braşov au avut de urmărit o dispută pasionantă pe moţiunea: "Dictatorii ar trebui asasinaţi?"

 
Andreea Cucu a prezentat planul afirmatorilor simplu, eficient, presărat cu exemple concludente şi bazat pe teoria "buturuga mică răstoarnă carul mare"...

 
Vlad Vidican a deschis atacurile negatorilor arătând că uciderea este şi imposibilă şi ineficientă...

 
Simina Gheorghincă repune pe picioare cazul afirmator, aducând dovezi substanţiale cum că lumea ar fi mai bună dacă dictatorii ar dispărea...

 
Laura Ardeleanu, arbitru astăzi, notează cu atenţie argumentele de o parte şi de alta...

 
Alex Drăgoi reia atacurile pentru negatori argumentând şi exemplificând dezavantajele planului afirmator...

 
Ioan Ganea resusţine argumentele afirmatorilorîncercând să ne demonstreze că efectele benefice sunt peste cele negative

 
Dani Cruceriu sintetizează excelent pentru negatori şi tinde să încline balanţa pentru echipa sa, dar urmează cele două discursuri concluzive, Vlad şi apoi Simina, din care se trage destul de uşor concluzia: când nu ai "materie pozitivă" pe negatori şi nu oferi alternative, atunci în lipsa unui plan mai bun, afirmatorii merită să li se pună în aplicare ideile... 

  
Laura explică verdictul clar în favoarea afirmatorilor

După o primă întâlnire săptămâna trecută, fotografiile de mai sus demonstrează debutul în forţă al întâlnirilor de joi de la 6 seara la Debate Club Sfântu Gheorghe, unde este oricine aşteptat, după principiul consacrat deja, "vine cine vrea, rămâne cine poate!"

Mulţumiri încă odată pentru ajutor absolvenţilor prezenţi şi acum şi data trecută, dar şi Adinei Stoica, pentru că nu reuşise data trecută să vină, dar astăzi, deşi pentru puţin timp, a fost şi le-a vorbit şi ea "bobocilor" impulsionându-i să urmeze această pasionantă şi utilă cale a dezbaterilor academice... Succes, dragilor la facultate şi VĂ AŞTEPTĂM ORICÂND, ACASĂ!

pe joia următoare cu o nouă moţiune pe masa discuţiilor: "Ar trebui să cenzurăm reţelele de socializare online" şi două meciuri sperăm "pe cinste"...

joi, 16 septembrie 2010

Debate Club Sfântu Gheorghe început de sezon 2010/2011

Împreună cu 5 dintre absolvenţii "şcolii de viitori lideri ai comunităţii" - Antonia, Mari, Laura Ardeleanu, Dani Cruceriu, Vlad Vidican şi Alex Drăgoi, am reuşit ieri în pauza mare o prezentare succintă a debate-ului la CNMV, iar seara de la 6 la întâlnirea de club obişnuită am avut 11 boboci - unii mai introvertiţi, alţii mai expansivi... probabil că joia viitoare vor fi şi alţii... dar şi pe cei care au început anul trecut, în jur de 3 echipe... şi bineînţeles echipa care va rămâne de bază pentru noi, la nivel de reprezentare la competiţii de liceeni, Andreea Cucu, Simina Gheorghincă, Ioan Ganea jr..
Mulţumindu-le încă odată pentru sprijinul acordat, bazându-mă în continuare pe experienţa lor, oricând vor veni acasă, ne luăm cumva "la revedere" de la cei 5, dar şi de la cele două absolvente care n-au putut fi ieri prezente, Adina Stoica şi Ioana Cocoveică şi pornim să desţelenim "noi drumuri" prin hăţişul prejudecăţilor şi al vorbelor fără argumente...
Asta nu înseamnă că săptămăna următoare la întâlnirea de club nu vom avea parte de un meci demonstrativ spectaculos, cu ajutorul avansaţilor... pe joi, dragilor!

miercuri, 15 septembrie 2010

BURSELE SFÂNTU GHEORGHE

Eşti în clasa a XII-a? Mai ai câteva zile pentru a-ţi depune dosarul pentru Bursa Sfântu Gheorghe! 2000 de lei pot fi ai tăi! Îţi răsplătim rezultatele până acum şi te încurajăm să continui!


http://www.sfantugheorgheinfo.ro/index.php?page=246&pid=1042

http://www.sepsiszentgyorgyinfo.ro/edit_file/uploads/files/hotarari/2009/Anexa_nr_1_la_HCL_nr_184_2009.pdf

vineri, 10 septembrie 2010

Debate Club Sfântu Gheorghe la Radio România Actualităţi!

DEBATE CLUB SFANTU GHEORGHE



Experienţe relevante în ultimii ani pentru
“Debate Club Sfântu Gheorghe”


la nivel local:

-                     club de dezbateri săptămânale la Centrul de Tineret din Colegiul Naţional Mihai Viteazul de mai bine de 15 ani şi la Liceul “Constantin Brâncuşi” de 2 ani, plus colaborări cu reprezentanţii locali ai Clubului “Disputa”, de limbă maghiară.

         
la nivel naţional:

Participare la zeci de competiţiilor naţionale de începători şi avansaţi din ţară, cu rezultate excelente, dintre care cele mai notabile:

- în 2007, la Slănic Moldova, campioni naţionali pe echipe, Bianca Dragomir, Radu Cotarcea, Laura Ştefănescu şi individual, Radu Cotarcea
- în 2008, la Slănic Moldova, campioni naţionali la individual, Alex Drăgoi şi locul III, Vlad Vidican

la nivel internaţional:

- în 2007, medalia de argint la Turneul European de Debate din Budva, Muntenegru, cu echipa Laura Ardeleanu, Andra Dobriţoiu, Laura Ştefănescu
- în 2008, participare la Conferinţa “IDEA Exchange” de la Amsterdam, prin Laura Ardeleanu
- în 2009, Radu Cotarcea a ajuns în semifinale la Turneul din Oxford / Anglia
- în 2009, Bianca Dragomir a ajuns în semifinale la Turneul de la Yeditepe/ Turcia
- în 2009, participare în premieră la Campionatul European de Debate, Anglia şi Campionatul Mondial, Turcia, cu echipa Bianca Dragomir, Radu Cotarcea
- în 2010, câştigători ai competiţiei “UBB Lingua”, cea mai prestigioasă competiţie pentru studenţi în format british parly, prin Bianca Dragomir, care a concurat în echipă cu clujeanul Grigore Pop

joi, 9 septembrie 2010

DEBATE NEWS SEPT. 2010



In this issue...

"A massive welcome to the first Big IDEA of the 2010-11 academic year. When you've caught up with the latest news and results, check out the Big IDEA online debates and You're The Judge competition, where you can show off your debating skills. And send me your news!" 
Neill Harvey-Smith
Feature - Educating Roma children  
 
There are around half a million Roma in Serbia. Just one in 50 Roma children attends pre-school. Over 60% of Roma children do not complete primary school.  
 

OSI Belgrade is trying to do something about it. As part of the Decade of Roma inclusion 2005-2015, they are working to ensure that Roma children have the opportunity to learn.


Further information on Roma Initiatives.

News - Estonian expansion  

The Estonian Debating Society is on the march.
   
They have trained 10 Karl Popper debate teachers in Finland, with another 20 more to come. They have published a KP handbook and produced a professionally sampled debate video, both in Finnish. 
 



Announcement - World Online Debating League
What’s that you say?  You love the World Online Debating Championships so much you want the chance to debate competitively all year round?  Well now, dear friends, you can.
Debatewise is about to launch the World Online Debating League (with a more mouth-friendly WODL acronym) and you are formally invited to take part.
They are looking for just 50 teams from universities around the world to be founding members of the league. You’ll be able to pick who you debate against, what you debate and even when you debate it.  The judges will be hand-picked from amongst the world’s finest. At the end of the academic year, the winner will get a fantastic prize and the honour of being a world champion.  
The entrance fee will be a measly $40, though free to any WODC participant - and bursaries are available.
Interested? Mail wodl@debatewise.org 
Announcement - European Open 

Do you want to debate in Germany? The EurOpen 2010 will take place on 6-13 November 2010 in Stuttgart. The tournament is in World Schools Format and boasts a team cap of 40 with a maximum of 3 teams per nation, so it will be a truly international competition.

Convened by Debating Society Germany e.V. David Whitehead and Christopher Sanchez, the participation fee is 130 EUR per person, regardless of homestay or hostel, plus a 35 EUR surcharge for those staying on the night of October 12th, after the final. The deadline for homestays is September 15th - so be quick! - and the deadline for hostel is October 1st.
 
The draw will be published on October 2nd and there are 7 preliminary rounds, of which five are prepared:
1)  THW give foreigners domiciled in a country the right to vote in that country’s general elections
2)  THW scrap the euro
3)  THW repatriate cultural artefacts
4)  THW abolish aid to Third World countries
5)  THW support measures to allow oil drilling in ecologically sensitive areas. 

All final rounds are impromptus. Registration and more info here: www.europen2010.com 
Announcement - Global Debates

Join the international community of debaters and discuss issues related to international migration – the topic for the Autumn Campaign – beginning October 1st 2010:
 Nations of the world should increase protection of the economic and social rights of migrants.
The Global Debates are a year-long initiative, developed to give high school students and their teachers an opportunity to initiate public discussion around critical international issues. It is a platform to exchange views and share courses of action that needs to be taken around the world to address these issues. 
Any high school in the world (grades 9-12, ages 14-19) can participate in the Global Debates. In the past 3 years we had schools in more than 90 countries participate in the Global Debates. Make sure you and your community are represented this year too!
For additional information on how to participate contact Marcin Zaleski at mzaleski@idebate.org

Announcement - 2011 IDEA Youth Forum

For the seventeenth time, IDEA and its partners will host 250 young people from over 40 countries of the world at its annual summer event - the IDEA Youth Forum.
2011 IDEA Youth Forum is being organized in cooperation with Doga Colleges, Turkish Debate Association and Open Society Foundations – Youth Initiative.  It will take place from July 19 to August 1, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey.
The theme of the 2011 IDEA Youth Forum is international migration.
For information on previous IDEA Forums, including this year’s IDEA Forum in Zeeland please visit www.idebate.org/ideaforum/  and/or contact Veronika Vlckova at vvlckova@idebate.org

Results - Turkmenistan    
The "Lebap Regional Debate Tournament 2010 was held in Turkmenabat City on 19-22, August 2010, sponsored by the Democracy Outreach Alumni Program.


The Pink Crew were awarded with the Winner’s Cup and the top three speakers were Sherali Alisherov, Aleksey Puzarin and Gizar Gaynutdinov.  
Results - Heart of Europe
 
To round off the summer, debaters, judges and coaches from over 20 countries descended on the beautiful city of Olomouc in the Czech Republic. It was the 7th Heart of Europe (HoE) debating tournament.


In the final - on the motion that Israel should be obliged (if necessary by force) to withdraw from all lands acquired since 1966 - South Africa beat Hong Kong.  
Results - World Online Debating Championships
Greece, New Zealand, Canada and either Mongolia or the Czech Republic are the semi-finalists in the 2010 World Online Debating Championships. The beaten quarter-finalists so far are Macedonia, Botswana and India.
Scrutiny increases in the semis with 4 judges per debate and a place in the final to play for. You can follow the debates, vote and comment here: http://debatewise.org/
Farewell from Chelsea Venable

“You will notice that this issue is being sent to you from a different email address! With this Big IDEA, I am officially passing on IDEA's weekly newsletter to its new editor, Neill Harvey-Smith.

Being the Big IDEA editor for the last year or so has been so gratifying and exciting, and I want to thank all of our readers. I would also like to thank all those who have contributed to the Big IDEA- without you, a newsletter would not be possible! Please continue to contribute, as I look forward to continuing to read your articles! Please give Neill a warm welcome and enjoy his emails!”

My thanks to Chelsea for her kind words and all her efforts over the last year.  
Competition - Debates of the week
And now, a chance for you to debate. With our friends at Debatewise, we have set up some special Big IDEA debates just for you. The topics couldn’t be more current. Create a user name, sign in and let’s get debating.  

With the treatment of Roma by France in the headlines, the first Big IDEA debate is Should The EU Adopt A Comprehensive Plan On Roma Integration? 
On the ninth anniversary of 9/11, the second Big IDEA debate is Should The Burning Of Holy Books Be Banned? 
And with two important UN days on the 15th and 16th September, Is Direct Democracy The Best Way To Maintain Trust In Government? for the International Day of Democracy, and Does The Ozone Layer Still Matter? for Ozone Day. Good luck!
Competition - You’re The Judge
How to define a motion is always a big bone of contention in debating. So here’s a teaser for you. Please send your answers to nhsemail@gmail.com. The best response I receive by September 22nd will be printed in the next Big IDEA.
You’re the judge - what should you do? who is right? why?
This Just In - Together in Europe conference
Together in Europe


  • Addressing the needs of marginalized, migrant and minority youth.


  • IDEA conference, 19-20th November 2010, Rotterdam.
International Debate Education Association – in cooperation with the Open Society Institute (At Home in Europe Program: http://www/soros.org/initiatives/home and Youth Initiative Program) is organizing a 2-day conference (19th-20th November 2010) in Rotterdam aiming at sharing of experiences and ideas about successful methodologies, programs and projects aimed at inclusion of marginalized, migrant and minority youth.


Objectives of the Conference


  • To provide opportunities for participants to share relevant experience and expertise from their youth work – with particular emphasis on successful programs and projects and best practices of engaging marginalized, migrant and minority youth;


  • To provide short workshop experience in various methodologies – including successful Debate in Neighborhood Program;


  • To brainstorm ideas for future cooperation between youth centered initiatives from across Europe and globally and to lay the foundations for developing a network of institutions, organizations and individuals interested in addressing the problems of marginalized, migrant and minority youth;
Participants
The conference is opened to educators (teachers, academics, etc.), youth and social workers, representatives of non-governmental organizations and community- based organizations and groups, youth organizations and youth leaders, representatives of local governments (particularly from departments addressing the problems of youth).
The Conference is opened to participants from the EU - we have already confirmation from participants from the following countries:  Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania, UK, the Netherlands.
Program
The conference will feature the following approaches and components:
a) presentations – show –casing of programs, projects and best practices – with participants of the Conference being encouraged to present as well as attend presentations;
b) workshops and short training sessions in selected methodologies;
c) plenary sessions and roundtables
We will be adding more information about the conference – venue, specific program, list of presentations, etc. on www.idebate.org. If you have any questions about the Conference, please contact Marcin Zaleski at mzaleski@idebate.org

Official e-newsletter of the International Debate Education Association, September 10, 2010