Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Debate Pedagogy in the Communication Classroom: A Strategy for Political Learning
Department
School of Communications
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2014-2015
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
This paper analyzes the potential for in-class policy debates to promote political learning in the undergraduate communication classroom. Political learning is distinguished from community service in order to highlight different modes of civic engagement. Through the use of examples from a variety of communication courses (including Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication, Political Communication and Media Literacy) the author details strategies for encouraging and assessing students' political learning through curriculum-based policy debates.
Conference Name
Speech and Debate as Civic Education
Conference Location
State College, PA
ScholarWorks Citation
Leek, Danielle, "Debate Pedagogy in the Communication Classroom: A Strategy for Political Learning" (2015). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 538.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/538
