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Heather Hurst – English Journal, 2015
This article describes how adolescent students learn to question their lives and contexts through the "Crossing Boundaries" podcast assignment. In the assignment, the students pick a topic, design a project, interview at least one other individual, and analyze their data. The students do not realize they are engaging in original…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Programming (Broadcast), Assignments, Data Analysis
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Zorwick, Leslie Wade; Wade, James M. – Communication Education, 2016
Evidence shows that the skills and dispositions that lead to thoughtful and effective participation in civic life can be developed and promoted through participation in assigned advocacy, argumentation, and debate. We argue that debate and argumentation are uniquely well suited to be implemented across the curriculum, which means that students…
Descriptors: Debate, Persuasive Discourse, Advocacy, Civics