Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum MovementAs Americans worry ever more about the effects of media on the quality of public deliberation, they have developed a renewed interest in public discussion, especially face-to-face public discussion. Over a century ago, public forums--organized and widespread--provided a place where citizens could discuss the political issues of the day, and they became a means of adult civic education. William M. Keith documents the college course developed by the new field of Speech to teach the skills of discussion, as well as the forum movement, which culminated in the Federal Forum Project. 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 U.S. For the first time the structure and details of the Federal Forum project in the context of the forum movement and adult civic education in the U.S. are recounted and analyzed, making this book a valuable resource in the study of political communication and history. |
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Figuring out where to go to dinner may require some talk , but political decision making is much more difficult , since often one policy decision ... One could reduce the complexity by not talking it out , just appointing a " decider .
Figuring out where to go to dinner may require some talk , but political decision making is much more difficult , since often one policy decision ... One could reduce the complexity by not talking it out , just appointing a " decider .
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Speaking Like Citizens : A US Deliberative Tradition At least two general approaches to this question of the public present themselves , face - to - face , and circulatory ; people talk to each other directly , or the read or watch the ...
Speaking Like Citizens : A US Deliberative Tradition At least two general approaches to this question of the public present themselves , face - to - face , and circulatory ; people talk to each other directly , or the read or watch the ...
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What about face - to - face deliberation in the US , outside of legislative settings ? Habermas paints a picture mostly comprised of elites talking to elites , in cities and countries that by contemporary standards are fairly small .
What about face - to - face deliberation in the US , outside of legislative settings ? Habermas paints a picture mostly comprised of elites talking to elites , in cities and countries that by contemporary standards are fairly small .
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A " public sphere " is " a theater in which political participation is enacted through talk " ; it has private people , but public concerns . So something new is created , a group that can " talk back " to the government .
A " public sphere " is " a theater in which political participation is enacted through talk " ; it has private people , but public concerns . So something new is created , a group that can " talk back " to the government .
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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 |
The Development of the American Forum | 213 |
Adult Education and the Civic Mission | 241 |
The Federal Forum Project | 277 |
Conclusion | 331 |
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| Վերնագիր | Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum Movement G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series Lexington studies in political communication, ISSN 2768-3400 |
| Հեղինակ | William M. Keith |
| Հրատարակիչ | Lexington Books, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0739115073, 9780739115077 |
| Length | 360 էջ |
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