Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum MovementLexington Books, 2007 - 360 pages 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. |
Contents
Origins of Speech Pedagogy | 19 |
Contest Debating and Civic Pedagogy | 59 |
John Dewey and the Turn to Discussion | 89 |
Teaching Discussion | 113 |
The First Wave Discussion Educators Emerge | 115 |
The Second Wave Discussion Pedagogy Comes of Age | 151 |
The Demise of Discussion | 193 |
The Forum Movement | 211 |
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