(Re)train teachers and students through debate

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the diffusion of the Debate methodology within the academic context. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a need to rethink school organization of all levels and also within the University. Currently university teaching, especially in the training of the teachers, it’s not oriented toward the development of soft skills, probably for a natural continuation in the use of traditional methodologies for the knowledge transmission. Considering the reference literature explored so far, it is possible to state that the Debate is an effective methodology to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Within the contribution there is a description of an experiment started in the last academic year (2019/2020) and also carried out in the current academic year (2020/2021) at the University of Molise.