Competition, Community, and Educational Growth: Contemporary Perspectives on Competitive Speech and Debate

Competition, Community, and Educational Growth: Contemporary Perspectives on Competitive Speech and Debate is an up-to-date text providing informed academic thought concerning the impact of forensics. Its primary focus is to demonstrate how the forensic activity allows students to actively engage and learn outside the classroom. Specifically, Competition, Community, and Educational Growth focuses on how students educationally grow through the activity. The book frames methods and pedagogy as best practices to provide educational growth for students and explicitly connect learning outcomes for students. Coming from the perspective of higher educational instructors, the book provides insight beyond the high school experience. Competition, Community, and Educational Growth examines contemporary perspectives on competitive speech and debate theory, experience, and methods of instruction.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements – Introduction – Ameena Amdahl-Mason/Priya Kapoor: Forensics’ Impact on Lived Experience of Millennials: A Phenomenological Inquiry – Garret L. Castleberry/Stephanie Schartel Dunn: Narrative Ethnographies of Cultural Change and Coaching Challenges in High-Turnover Programs – Steven K. Farias/C.Kyle Rudick/Josh Hamzehee: The Road to Critical Consciousness Is Paved with Smelly Socks: Travel Time as a Site of Torpification in Forensics – Luis M. Andrade/Jon Bruschke: Interrogating Traditionally White Curriculum and White Savior Coaches in Debate – Amorette Hinderaker: Comprehensive Forensic Programs: A Holistic Approach – Daniel E. Schabot: Using Mentorship to Develop a Positive Debate Team Culture – Connie McKee/Heather Goheen: The Travel Agent, the Accountant, and the Paper Pusher: What Is a Speech Coach? – Laura Jacobi: Passing the Torch: Coaching Future Coaches in the Contemporary World of Forensics – Kevin Minch: Exploring Virtue Ethics Through Contemporary Speech Activities – Scott Jensen: Embracing the Dichotomy: Balancing Competitive and Educational Goals Within Forensic Program Management – Kendrea James: Competition and Community-Building in Forensics – Ben Walker: The Value of Dissenting Opinion in Collegiate Individual Events Pedagogy – Caitlyn Burford: The Global Warming Impact: How Forensic Pedagogy Can Reinforce "Just Sustainability" – Kristopher Copeland: Forensics as an Application of Small Group Interaction – Stephen Llano: Forensics as Practice – Aaron Duncan/Abbie M. Syrek: Spreading the Forensic Gospel to Create Community: Targeting Traditional and Non-traditional Populations for Involvement in Forensics – Ruth J. Beerman/Shavonne R. Shorter: Meeting Students Where They Are: Using Social Justice as a Call for Participation – Tomeka Robinson/Sean Allen: Substantive Discourse and Pedagogy: Fostering Conversations About Race/Ethnicity, Sex/Gender, and Social Class Within Forensics – Chad Kuyper: Forensics as Culture: Navigation and Assimilation – Anthony Woodall/Shawna Blake: Soul Sharing: Forensics as a Cultivator of Empathy and Worldview Development – Jeffery Gentry: Preserving Freedom of Speech and Forensics: Alternative Formats in Performance Communication – Christopher J. Fenner: Enhancing Institutional Awareness: The Value of a Strategic Communication Plan for Program Growth and Development – Scott Jensen/Gina Jensen: Telling the Story of Team: Forensic Program Management That Builds Enduring Identity and Community – About the Editors – About the Contributors.

About the Author :
Kristopher Copeland (Ph.D., University of Arkansas) is Executive Dean of Liberal Arts at North Lake College. His most recent publication explores the educational benefits of forensics, which is in the journal Speaker & Gavel. Garret L. Castleberry (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma) serves as Associate Professor and Program Director of Communication, Media, and Ethics for the College of Adult and Graduate Studies at Mid-America Christian University. His scholarly writings are featured across academic journals such as Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies and the International Journal of Qualitative Research, as well as numerous edited anthologies and digital media publications.

Review :
"Competition, Community, and Educational Growth is an exceptional assemblage of the greatest collegiate forensics minds ever to practice the art. Far more than a practical handbook, this anthology approaches speech and debate competition on an unprecedented theoretical level. The most noteworthy characteristic of the volume is its profound underscoring of the struggle and promotion of inclusivity of marginalized and underrepresented groups in forensics competition. The significance and importance of this book cannot be understated and should be required reading for all forensics coaches, practitioners, and enthusiasts."--Christopher Medina, Director of Forensics, The Great Debaters of Wiley College; Executive Director, The National HBCU Speech and Debate League "This is perhaps the most comprehensive collection of scholarship about intercollegiate forensic competition I have seen in my 30 years in forensics. The chapters come from a very diverse set of authors who each bring a unique insight to critically important aspects of competitive speech and debate. Whether you are a newcomer to the world of forensics or one of the old buffaloes of the activity, you will find information and ideas that will change the way you see and enact this activity."--Todd Holm, Editor of Speaker & Gavel; Communication Program Coordinator, Marine Corps University