Democracy As Discussion - Civic Education and the American Forum Movement

Informationen zum Autor William M. Keith is associate professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Klappentext Using primary sources from archives around the country, Democracy as Discussion traces the early history of the Speech field, the development of discussion as an alternative to debate, and the Deweyan, Progressive philosophy of discussion that swept the United States in the early twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Using primary sources from archives around the country! Democracy as Discussion traces the early history of the Speech field! the development of discussion as an alternative to debate! and the Deweyan! Progressive philosophy of discussion that swept the United States in the early twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Teaching Speech, Teaching Democracy Chapter 3 Origins of Speech Pedagogy Chapter 4 Contest Debating and Civic Pedagogy Chapter 5 John Dewey and the Turn to Discussion Part 6 Teaching Discussion Chapter 7 The First Wave: Discussion Educators Emerge Chapter 8 The Second Wave: Discussion Pedagogy Comes of Age Chapter 9 The Demise of Discussion Part 10 The Forum Movement Chapter 11 The Development of the American Forum Chapter 12 Adult Education and the Civic Mission Chapter 13 The Federal Forum Project Chapter 14 Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: William M. Keith, Keith William M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2007
• EAN: 9780739115077
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1507-7
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Lexington Studies in Political; Lexington Studies in Political Communication
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship