Democracy as discussion : civic education and the American forum movement
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
History
1 online resource (xiii, 360 pages)
9780739154021, 0739154028
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Origins of speech pedagogy
Contest debating and civic pedagogy
John Dewey and the turn to discussion
The first wave : discussion educators emerge
The second wave : discussion pedagogy comes of age
The demise of discussion
The development of the American forum
Adult education and the civic mission
The Federal Forum Project