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Debating Masterclass; Debating Workshop
This week I will be travelling to Montana for my now apparently annual debating workshop that I present there. This started a couple of years ago after meeting…
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How Was Your Summer Debate Institute? A Few Questions
Summer’s over folks, and that means back to the classroom for most of us. The positive spin is that debate begins to heat up with the return of…
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Teaching’s Dangerous Assumption
This recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education tells a story as to how a professor realized that it is ok to say that she doesn’t know…
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Robin Williams and Immersive Invention
This New York Times article about Robin Williams’s habits of preparation for engagement with audiences raises a lot of interesting ideas when rhetoricians talk about invention – the…
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Debate Coaches and the Canon of Invention
How do most debate coaches teach the canon of inventio? By pointing toward tournament success. By showing videos of good, successful speeches. By having students watch and learn…
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A Dirty Little Secret, Both Sides
Why is there no official, or even pedagogical statement on the value of switch side debating from either the NDT, CEDA, or any other large debating organization? Perhaps…
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