ROLE-PLAY DEBATE

SDG 4: Quality Education

Topic: Ideal School

4 points of view expressed in the role-play debate:

-   Students (Czechia)

-   Parents (Iceland)

-   Teachers (Portugal)

-   Employers (Poland)

Preparation – before the event

1.   Pre-teaching some vocabulary/ phrases useful for the debate

2.   Each country provides students with the above roles and they are supposed to consider the idea of the ideal school from a given perspective, taking into consideration the following points:

size (number of students/ teachers/ classes)
location
single sex or co-educational
open-plan or traditional classrooms
timetable
subjects
equipment
special requirements (eg canteen, library, etc)
others

Debate conduct – during the event

1.   Debating in international teams (eg students from Czechia, parents from Iceland, teachers from Portugal, employers from Poland)

2.   Reaching a compromise concerning the vision of the ideal school

3.   Reflecting the vision on a big sheet of paper

4.   Team presentations

5.   Voting (each student has 1 vote; he/she places a post-it note on the paper presenting the vision of the ideal school he/she likes best); the winner is the ideal school chosen by the greatest number of students.

ESTIMATED TIME: 3 hours