Exact dates TBA. Eighteen high school students and three teachers from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) attend the highly interactive Youth Leadership Program and accompanying Teacher Professional Development Program, in Salem, Oregon, and Washington, DC.
Willamette University, the International Debate Education Association, and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics proudly announce the Third Annual China Open to be held on May 25 - 27, 2012.
Join over 300 debaters from over 50 countries in Mexico next summer! IDEA and Universidad Iberoamericana from Leon, Mexico are organizing International IDEA Youth Forum between 2-15th July 2012. To learn more about the Forum, its educational tracks, debat
Below, you'll find a series of useful exercises designed to build skills in a wide
variety of debate areas, from argument construction to developing a debate club to
style and delivery. Debaters, teachers, and trainers should find these exercises
extremely helpful when undertaking and preparing for debate.
Simply scroll through the category list below, and click the arrow to view exercises
allotted for a selected category.
We encourage trainers and teachers to submit exercises which they find helpful to
building debating skills. To submit an exercise, please click on "submit an
exercise" and follow the directions listed there.
IDEA Inc. and the Dutch registered IDEA are separate organizations that
operate independently yet cooperate informally with each other. This
website, a joint presentation, is intended to promote both
organizations' interests while maintaining their respective
independence.