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Book SynopsisA collection of essays bringing together the leading scholars, teachers, coaches, and program administrators in the field of speech and debate, reflecting on the role of curricular and co-curricular speech and debate programs in civic education.
Trade Review“An outstanding volume. Both wide-ranging and deep, Speech and Debate as Civic Education enlarges our understanding of intercollegiate debate by framing it in a historical context as well as by exploring its philosophical, ethical, and political possibilities. The essays consistently thematize gender, race, and culture, and together they paint a persuasive picture of why debate matters to education, and therefore to democracy. Anyone who cares about the role of rhetoric and argument in a deliberative democracy should own this book.”
—William Keith,author of Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum Movement
“Presenting an unvarnished assessment of a compelling, proven avenue for enhancing civic involvement and responsibility, Speech and Debate as Civic Education traces the ubiquitous and long-standing value of speech and debate training for local and global audiences, for middle school to college students, for majority and minority participants, and for students educated in religious and secular environments. In short, this is an invaluable resource for educators and institutions alike seeking to find needed responses to our increasingly polarized world.”
—Carol Kay Winkler,Georgia State University
Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgements
Foreword: Speech and Debate as Civic Education: Challenges and Opportunities - David Zarefsky
Introduction: Speech and Debate as Civic Education - J. Michael Hogan and Jessica A. Kurr
Part I: History of Speech and Debate as Civic Education
1. Warriors and Statesmen: Debate Education among Free African American Men in Antebellum Charleston - Angela G. Ray
2. Renewing a “Very Old Means of Education”: Civic Engagement and the Birth of Intercollegiate Debate in the United States - Jamie McKown
3. Taking Women Seriously: Debaters, Faculty Allies, and the Feminist Work of Debating in the 1930s and 1940s - Carly S. Woods
4. The Intersection of Debate and Democracy: The Shifting Role of Forensics in the History of American Civic Education - Michael D. Bartanen and Robert S. Littlefield
Part II: Debate Education and Public Deliberation
5. Public Debate and American Democracy: Guidelines for Pedagogy - Robert C. Rowland
6. When Argumentation Backfires: The Motivated Reasoning Predicament in Speech and Debate Pedagogy - Gordon R. Mitchell
7. Teaching Religion through Argument, Speech, and Debate: Critiquing Logos and Mythos - David A. Frank
Part III: Rethinking Competitive Speech and Debate
8. The CEDA-Miller Center War Powers Debates: A Case for Intercollegiate Debate’s Civic Roles - Paul E. Mabrey III
9. Beyond Peitho: The Women’s Debate Institute as Civic Education - Catherine H. Palczewski
10. Debating Conviction: From Sincere Belief to Affective Atmosphere - Walter Greene and Darrin Hicks
11. Debaters as Citizens: Rethinking Debate Frameworks to Address the Policy/Performance Divide - Sarah Stone Watt
Part IV: Cultivating Civic Skills and Literacy
12. Debate Activities and the Promise of Citizenship - Edward A. Hinck
13. Deliberation as Civic Education: Incorporating Public Deliberation into the Communication Studies Curriculum - Sara A. Mehltretter Drury, Rebecca A. Kuehl, and Jenn Anderson
14. Youth, Networks, and Civic Engagement: Communities of Belonging and Communities of Practice - G. Thomas Goodnight, Minhee Son, Jin Huang, and Ann Crigler
15. Pathways to Civic Education: Urban Debate Leagues as Communities of Practice - Melissa Maxcy Wade
Part V: International Collaboration and Interconnections in Debates
16. Comparing Argument and Debate Modes to Invoke Student Civic Engagement: Learning from ‘The Ben’ - Allan D. Louden and Taylor W. Hahn
17. The Worlds-Style Debate Format: Performing Global Citizenship - Una Kimokeo-Goes
18. Suzhi Jiaoyu, Debate, and Civic Education in China - Laskai, David Weeks and Tim Lewis
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List of Contributors
Index
