High School Debate: Elevating Students Critical Thinking into Hoax Prevention

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.210305.069How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Critical Thinking, English Debate, School Debate, Hoax Prevention

Abstract

This study aims at examining students’ criticial thinking reflected in their argumentations in debate. It is also purposed to identify the further benefit of students critical thinking as fundamental manner to prevent hoax in any circumstances. This study observes 48 senior high school students (aged 14-17) who participate in Indonesian and English provincial debate competition in 2018 in Jambi Province. The observation is focused on the argumentation and idea constructed and delivered by the students related to debate motions and their position in debate. In this observational research, the researchers remark the argumentations of the debaters in every round and analyze them by referring to the debate principles. This research is also strengthen by personal interview with the students at the end of the debate round. The study reports that debate principles urges debaters to inquisively provide a reasonable justification, applicable solution and positive future impact for every motions to win the debate. Not only arranging clashes, they are also required to question the argumentation of the opposite team by applying the principles. The fact that the motions are impromptu stimulates the students to think substantially critical in elaborating ideas. This mechanism of thought simultaneously avoids them to sustain fake news in their argumentations. The debaters agree that the debate principles trains them to be well informed about every news they hear before spreading it. Not only in debate, this way of thinking genuinely impacts their lives, particularly in identifying the truth of a news.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Awliya Rahmi
AU  - Jamaluddin
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/08
TI  - High School Debate: Elevating Students Critical Thinking into Hoax Prevention
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Southeast Asian Academic Forum on Sustainable Development (SEA-AFSID 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 380
EP  - 383
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210305.069
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210305.069
ID  - Rahmi2021
ER  -