Arguments against Establishing Stock Issues in CEDA Debate [microform] : A Call for Context Anarchy / Peter Loge
- Bib ID:
- 5495205
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Loge, Peter
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988
- 16 p.
- Summary:
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Although many Cross-Examination Debate Association (CEDA) coaches and debaters wish to establish "stock issues" (categories of questions that people naturally ask when confronting a resolution), there are several strong arguments against establishing stock issues in CEDA debate. To enhance the educational value of the activity, stock issues for each round should be decided by the debaters during the round. For example, if a debate team wishes to defend a policy position, they should say so and then set criteria for judging that policy position. Debaters could set the context of the debate and its stock issues, and the bounds within which resolutions could be weighed would be limited only by the insight of the affirmative. This type of context anarchy is at least as educationally sound as stock-issue totalitarianism. Educational advantages to this approach include improving communication skills, focusing on critical thinking, and providing pre-professional preparation. Context-dependent arguments would also foster thinking skills, and increase the liveliness of debate rounds. For the benefit of the debaters, CEDA debate should not constrain debate, but rather let loose the winds of anarchy. (MM)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Communication Association (79th, Baltimore, MD, April 27-May 1, 1988).
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