Winning Debates: A Guide to Debating in the Style of the World Universities Debating Championships - Softcover

Johnson, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932716513 ISBN 13: 9781932716511

Publisher: International Debate Education Association, 2009

Synopsis

The text combines a review of the basics of argument theory with an application of those theories to the four-team style of debate, and recommends strategies and tactics for successful debating. Winning Debates provides a coherent, useful vision of debating that will encourage discussion, disagreement, and experimentation from Worlds-style debaters around the globe.

About this title

About the Author:

Steven Johnson is an associate professor and director of debate at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. He was first president of the National Parliamentary Debate Association, the largest intercollegiate debating organization in the United States. Active in international debating, he has served as secretary for the World Universities Debating Council and has coached teams to success in national and international competition.

About this edition

• Publisher: International Debate Education Association
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1932716513
• ISBN 13: 9781932716511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272