A 13-page printable debate workbook that helps children aged 8–12 explore whether AI could replace human teachers, then research, debate and write their own opinion. Section 6 of 6, the final booklet in the BECE Debate Programme (Beginner), and it includes a completion certificate.

Could AI replace a human teacher? Children are growing up with AI tools, so this is a question about their own future. The workbook helps them think about what technology can do well, what teachers do that machines can’t, and how to argue a position with reasons.

WHAT’S INSIDE (13 A4 PAGES)

• Warm-up: what AI is, how it is already used in education, and why people disagree

• “What Do We Know?”: how AI could help learning, why human teachers matter, and a short real-world story about an AI teaching assistant used on a university course

• 10-minute guided research task: “what to find” checklist, helpful websites and recording boxes, plus a continuation page

• “What Did You Find?”: one reason AI teaching could be good, one reason human teachers can’t be replaced, where the child found the information, and one surprising thing they learned

• 8 key debate words with meanings and example sentences (replace, empathy, personalised, mentor, creativity, feedback, relationship, ethical), plus a “Word Power” sentence-writing task

• ����Vlogt Yourself: vocabulary page with a score guide

• Let’s Debate: step-by-step paired debate, sentence starters for both sides, extra-idea boxes, a debate result and a best-argument box

• My Opinion: a four-part writing frame (opinion, supporting fact, opposing view, reply)

• Progress check, a “Congratulations!” page with a Debater Award, star rating and a BECE Debater Certificate (name, date, teacher), and a series wrap-up back cover

SKILLS CHILDREN PRACTISE

Researching from reliable sources, weighing technology against human skills, giving reasons, using topic vocabulary, listening to the other side, disagreeing respectfully and writing a short structured opinion.

WHO IT’S FOR

• Parents and tutors running debate or speaking practice at home

• Teachers and clubs wanting a ready-made topic lesson plus a follow-up writing task

• Children who have completed Sections 1–5 and want a finishing piece, though it also works on its own

• English learners in international schools or bilingual homes

HOW TO USE IT

Print at A4 and work through the pages in order over one or two sessions. You need a partner (parent, friend or sibling) for the debate page and internet access