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Open Discussion On A Rationale For Events To Be Included In I.E. Competition

Proceedings of the National Developmental Conference on Individual Events

Discussion held at the Rationale for Events to be Included in I.E. Competition session at the First Developmental Conference on Individual Events.

Recommendations From A Rational For Events To Be Included In I.E. Competition, Steven Hunt

Proceedings of the National Developmental Conference on Individual Events

Recommendations from the Rational for Events to be Included in All I.E. Competition session at the First Developmental Conference on Individual Events.

A Developmental Rationale, John Mckiernan

Proceedings of the National Developmental Conference on Individual Events

Michael Kelley, in a 1984 description of the development of individual events competition, claims the expansion of individual events in the past twenty years has been largely repetitive. He felt any experimentation would require "a radical reformulation of what the larger forensic enterprise is about and should be about" (Kelley, 1984). In considering the individual events paradigm, this conference offers the opportunity to develop a rationale for inclusion of events in individual events competition. In this paper, it seems desirable to clarify my presuppositions about forensics competition, then explore some of the problems in the activity, and finally explore two …

A Rationale For Events To Be In I.E. Competition, Norbert H. Mills

Proceedings of the National Developmental Conference on Individual Events

It has been said that forensics should be viewed as humanistic education. Forensic educators are to provide a wholesome and exciting learning environment where students are encouraged to develop positive attitudes toward ideas, themselves, others, and society at large. Any meaningful exchange regarding which I.E. events should be offered must consider these components. Robert O. Weiss capsulized the importance of these considerations when he said "Events are of more value when they approximate a simulation of what actually goes on in human communication, or when they contribute directly to the public discourse."

With these introductory comments in mind, let's now …