FOR:
3. The government should have no say in business.

Before the debate
2 teams of approximately five/six students each will be chosen in the weeks preceding the debate. One team will be ‘’for’’ the motion and the other ‘’against’’.

Written task:
Each student participating in the debate MUST hand in ONE page. This page of work carries 52 marks as follows:

Pre-debate information from student name …………..and …….number
1. Define your role and main argument in the debate (10 marks)
2. Give the references in APA format for the information which forms the basis of your argument.(15 marks)
3. Write a few paragraphs reflecting on your experience in researching and preparing in your team for the class debate(s), how you assigned roles, integrated the work of all participants to make a coherent argument, and what you learnt from the process.(27 marks)
Resources available:
The usual online resources Proquest, Emerald, EBSCO, FT online.

Individual paper marking criteria

1. Define your role and main argument in the debate
Excellent. Clear roles and arguments identified. (8-10 marks) Very good.
Some small omission or lack of clarity. (6 – 7 marks) Average.
Important omissions or failures to clarify role. (4-5 marks) Fail.
Little attempt to define roles and explain arguments.
(0 – 3 marks) Total marks
2. Give the references in APA format for the information which forms the basis of your argument
. Excellent. Totally complies with APA

(13-15 marks) Very Good.
Some small mistakes in relation to APA
(10 – 12 marks) Average.
Many errors in following the APA format
(8 -9 marks) Fail.
Does not follow APA at all.
(0 – 7 marks)
3.Team work: assigning roles, making work coherent, what was learnt.
Excellent. Clear role assignment and detailed discussion of team work approaches.
(24-27 marks) Very Good.
A little superficial in the discussion of the elements. (20 – 23 marks) Average.
Quite superficial of how the team worked and what was learnt form the team exercise.
(15 – 19 marks) Fail.
Poor assessment of how the team worked and what was learnt.
(0- 14)