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Debate for Civic Learning InstituteSeptember 20, 2019

Paul E. Mabrey III, Ph.D.

Debate as Civic Learning

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SCHEV Civic Engagement

Civic engagement is an array of knowledge, abilities, values, attitudes, and behaviors that in combination allow individuals to contribute to the civic life of their communities. It may include, among other things, exploration of one’s role and responsibilities in society; knowledge of and ability to engage with political systems and processes; and/or course-based or extra-curricular efforts to identify and address issues of public or community concern.

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JMU Civic Engagement

JMU Civic Engagement

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Debate is NOT

Debate is NOT

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Debate can be

Debate can be

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Debate can be

Debate as Civic LearningRowland’s call for debate pedagogy to live Madison’s ideals

– Reasoned advocacy– Evidence– Communicate clearly to knowledge/passions of audience

William T. Gormley Jr.’s The Critical AdvantageCritical thinking as open-minded inquiry that seeks relevant evidence to analyze question or hypothesis– Willingness to challenge conventional wisdom– Inclination to reconsider own cherished beliefs– Relentless search for good evidence– Draw appropriate inferences from good evidence– Respect competing points of view– Persistence when answers seem elusive

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Debate as Civic Learning Evidence

Debate as Civic Learning Evidence

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