Open AccessUnresolved: Public Speaking Instruction Beyond Persuasion
Author(s) -
Jonathan Edwards
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of scholarship of teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1527-9316
DOI - 10.14434/josotl.v21i4.33011
Subject(s) - persuasion , class (philosophy) , public speaking , psychology , public opinion , linguistics , pedagogy , sociology , social psychology , political science , epistemology , law , politics , philosophy
This essay advocates the use of “unresolved” speech assignments in introductory public speaking instruction. Unresolved speeches work to decenter persuasion in the speech class by asking students to critically explore the landscape of arguments surrounding controversial topics and issue questions without making the turn to opinion giving and persuasion.