Discovering the World Through Debate: A Practical Guide to Educational Debate for Debaters, Coaches, and Judges - Fourth Edition

Completely rewritten to make the work more accessible and to meet the needs of high school students, the fourth edition of Discovering the World through Debate is a guide to both the theory and practice of debate around the world.

Its four sections offer an introduction to:
• Core skills—structuring a speech, argumentation, rebuttal, the use of evidence, critical thinking, and active listening
• Debate in practice—viewing the debate, introductory speeches, elaboration and extension, and concluding speeches
• Debate tools—preparation, notes, timing, manner and matter, hard and soft interaction, and adjudication.
• Four popular formats in international debating—British Parliamentary, Karl Popper, World Schools and Asian Parliamentary.