Snider offers a guide to starting debate programs in middle schools, high schools, universities, clubs, and elsewhere. His suggestions begin with setting up the organization and organizers’ responsibi
Pike, an assistant professor of journalism, supplies tools for young adults to analyze and understand media messages. She wants them to become media critics. The framework used is to ask the three que
This collection of essays presents an array of perspectives on the changing status of privacy and issues of security. Several essays challenge assumptions or conclusions of the others, such as those w
After regaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Estonia has undergone a profound transition, becoming a democratic nation with an exceptionally liberal economy and its own place within a U
Europe's current economic crisis has exacerbated intolerance of marginalized ethnic groups. In a volume building on East European Roma in the EU: Mobility, Discrimination, Solutions, Pusca (internatio
Sturgis (new media, Howard U.) assembles 15 articles from academic journals, print media, research surveys, and government reports that examine whether traditional media like newspapers, radio, televi
The authors discuss what has come to be referred to as the "Roma problem: in the European Union. The book is divided into four primary topics: a historical context and current treatment of the Roma of
Williamson, a high school English teacher, teaches high school students how to write timed essays with the aim of improving standardized test scores. She shows them how to prepare for the different ex
This collection of twenty-one essays on international human rights law examines the relevance of the laws of war in twenty-first century conflicts and explores the effects of the war on terrorism, sec
"The American juvenile justice system has failed to provide a consistent, fair, and productive venue for addressing the needs of youth in conflict with the law," writes Crawford (former clinical profe
Authors Hannan, Berkman, and Meadows (all successful National Forensic League coaches and educators) offer a guide to teaching, competing in, and understanding debating events. Topics include overview
Zompetti (communication, Illinois State U.) gathers 18 previously published papers that provide evidence for the pedagogical value of debate and presents them in sections focused on making the case fo
For use in secondary social studies and civics classes, Millenson, a former high school teacher and advocacy director of a human rights nonprofit, et al. provide a resource that contains student-cente
Bibby, a writer and communications coach in the UK, offers a guide to educational debate and the skills needed by debaters. He explains core skills like structure, argumentation, rebuttal, evidence, c
In their book To Plead our Own Cause, Kevin Bales and Zoe Trodd estimate that there are 27 million victims of human trafficking worldwide, a figure that is actually larger than the 19th century slave
This guide for novice high school or college debaters offers a crash course, with self-contained chapters on basic concepts and common problems. The book begins with an overview of policy debate and t
