The Role of Debate in Cognitive Development and Development of Civic Awareness of Young People: A Qualitative Analysis

Nikola Baketa, PhD, Marko Kovačić, PhD and Mirta Mornar are the authors of an original scientific paper titled “The Role of Debate in Cognitive Development and Development of Civic Awareness of Young People: A Qualitative Analysis”.

By employing a qualitative methodological approach, the authors analyse the benefits of competitive debate for the development of civic awareness among youth and the contribution to their cognitive development. The paper compares the results of the qualitative study conducted in four countries: Croatia, Slovenia, Poland and the Netherlands.

The paper is published in the journal “Sociologija”, Vol. LXV (2023), no. 3. It is available here.