ABSTRACT
For the issues of difficulty in teaching, learning and practicing in current teaching of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) classics, this paper introduces the design and application of debate teaching in the postgraduate course of acupuncture-moxibustion classics. From the viewpoint of feasibility, debate teaching can help students develop their learning autonomy as well as the ability of critical thinking. From the viewpoint of practice, debate teaching allows students to analyze the pros and cons of viewpoints of acupuncture-moxibustion classics, thus to expand the breadth and depth of TCM theory, and improve the flexibility of classics application in clinic. Students' feedback shows that debate teaching has definite advantages in improving learning interest and developing the ability of self-learning as well as teamwork. This paper also compares debate teaching with discussion-based PBL teaching, and believes that the former is good at exploring a complex problem in depth, while the latter is conducive to achieving multiple learning goals based on real scenes.