Hi Billy,
On Sep 16, 2009, at 8:48 AM, [email protected] wrote:
There's no better place to see the impact of The Doha Debates than
Yamamah University, a private college in Riyadh's sprawling desert
outskirts. Seated in his campus office, Asaad said that when he
decided to teach debating his only model was Arabic TV shows, where
discussions "turn into more of a rooster fight than an actual debate."
Initially, his students "were shouting at each other or answering a
question with a question," Asaad recounted. "I said, 'Hey guys,
we ... should be doing some things in a different way. There should
be some quality. There should be some research. We should go a
little bit deeper beyond what people say in the coffee shops or the
bus stops.' "
Then Asaad found The Doha Debates website. "As a teacher, it
provided me with everything I needed," including the ability to
download past debates and read transcripts. "We discussed the
format, the role of the moderator, and I said, 'Fine, can we try a
debate like this?' "
Impressive! I wish somebody at CNN would learn from them as well. :-P
-- Ernie P.
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