The Global Debaters at Brother Rice earned this trip to the Youth Forum, run by the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) and Doga Schools, by its stellar placement in the Global Debates program, sponsored by IDEA and the United Nations Foundation. Brother Rice was 2nd in the United States in the 2010-2011 season.
The Youth Forum is a combination of an international debate tournament, debate skill workshops, and a venue for cultural and social interaction and exchange of ideas. For the 2-week long 2011 Youth Forum in Istanbul, the first week will be dedicating to the hosting of an international Karl Popper Debate Championship (KPDC), while the second week is dedicated to improving debate, coaching, and judging skills through various workshops. IDEA has been hosting the Forum since 1995, and generally takes care of the debate content and education, while the local partner (this year, Doga Schools), arranges venues, transportation, social activities, and excursions. Quote:
The Youth Forum combines elements of competition, education and bringing new people into the world of debating and inter-cultural learning. As the event brings together diverse international audience, it helps us to implement new ideas into the existing debate network and advance the overall quality of debating within our network. In addition it empowers youth by developing their life skills and by building contacts and international networks. On top of that via the means of peer to peer learning and facilitated informal interaction, the event helps finding out what is going on for people in their country. Social events provide the opportunity to find out more about the host country and boost the debating community in that country.
For more information about the Global Debates and the IDEA Youth Forum, please follow the links below:
The Global Debates: http://theglobaldebates.org/
IDEA Youth Forum: http://www.idebate.org/ideaforum/
UN Foundation: http://www.unfoundation.org/
Doga Schools: http://www.dogacollege.com/
Brother Rice High School: http://www.brrice.edu/
Post: Alex
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