Article Title

Forensics Fellows: Integrating Faculty Participation into Intercollegiate Parliamentary Debate Programs

Authors

Lewis E. Rutledge, Point Loma Nazarene College

Document Type

New Directions for NPDA and NFA LD

Abstract

There are important benefits to integrating non-forensics faculty into assisting with the instruction and training of intercollegiate parliamentary debaters. These benefits may also spill over into individual events in a limited way. Parliamentary debate, if done well, requires that debaters have a broad based education covering many diverse disciplines, especially philosophy, history and political science, and of course a familiarity with current national and international events. Enlisting the aid of non-forensics professors from various departments to provide occasional mini-lectures on diverse topics can help improve this broad-based education. Additionally, there are other unique benefits to encouraging non-forensics faculty members to share ownership of this interdisciplinary academic activity. The model proposed and discussed is the Forensics Fellows program being implemented at Point Loma Nazarene College, in San Diego, California.

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Recommended Citation

Rutledge, Lewis E. (1998) "Forensics Fellows: Integrating Faculty Participation into Intercollegiate Parliamentary Debate Programs," Proceedings of the National Developmental Conference on Individual Events: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 14.
Available at: https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/ndcieproceedings/vol3/iss1/14