Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation. Speech and Debate as Civic Education / / ed. by J. Michael Hogan, Jeremy D. Johnson, Michael J. Bergmaier, Jessica A. Kurr.

In an era increasingly marked by polarized and unproductive political debates, this volume makes the case for a renewed emphasis on teaching speech and debate, both in and outside of the classroom.Speech and debate education leads students to better understand their First Amendment rights and the po...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation ; 15
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.) :; 3 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword: Speech and Debate as Civic Education: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Introduction: Speech and Debate as Civic Education
  • Part 1: History of Speech and Debate as Civic Education
  • 1 Warriors and Statesmen: Debate Education Among Free African American Men in Antebellum Charleston
  • 2 Renewing a “Very Old Means of Education”: Civic Engagement and the Birth of Intercollegiate Debate in the United States
  • 3 Taking Women Seriously: Debaters, Faculty Allies, and the Feminist Work of Debating in the 1930s and 1940s
  • 4 The Intersection of Debate and Democracy: The Shifting Role of Forensics in the History of American Civic Education
  • Part 2: Debate Education and Public Deliberation
  • 5 Public Debate and American Democracy: Guidelines for Pedagogy
  • 6 When Argumentation Backfires: The Motivated Reasoning Predicament in Speech and Debate Pedagogy
  • 7 Teaching Religion Through Argument, Speech, and Debate: Critiquing Logos and Mythos
  • Part 3: Rethinking Competitive Speech and Debate
  • 8 The CEDA–Miller Center War Powers Debates: A Case for Intercollegiate Debate’s Civic Roles
  • 9 Beyond Peitho: The Women’s Debate Institute as Civic Education
  • 10 Debating Conviction: From Sincere Belief to Affective Atmosphere
  • 11 Debaters as Citizens: Rethinking Debate Frameworks to Address the Policy/Performance Divide
  • Part 4: Cultivating Civic Skills and Literacy
  • 12 Debate Activities and the Promise of Citizenship
  • 13 Deliberation as Civic Education: Incorporating Public Deliberation into the Communication Studies Curriculum
  • 14 Youth, Networks, and Civic Engagement: Communities of Belonging and Communities of Practice
  • 15 Pathways to Civic Education: Urban Debate Leagues as Communities of Practice
  • Part 5: International Collaboration and Interconnections in Debate
  • 16 Comparing Argument and Debate Modes to Invoke Student Civic Engagement: Learning from “The Ben”
  • 17 The Worlds-Style Debate Format: Performing Global Citizenship
  • 18 Suzhi Jiaoyu, Debate, and Civic Education in China
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • List of Contributors
  • Index