商品簡介
When the editors were looking for a book like this, it was not to be found. They did not want the most exhaustive encyclopedic treatment of what an adjudicator does or does not adjudicate. They just wanted to start a debate on the basics: the philosophy of adjudication, its practice, and its pedagogy. They came up with this collection of essays, including a theory why theorizing about judging is dangerous for British Parliamentary debate, construction of the public in World Universities Debate Championships (WUDC), the reasonable person as an unrealistic standard, the ideal adjudicator, "unqualifying" the discipline, deputy chief adjudicators, adjudication and debate practice, judging debate without forgetting manners, students and active competitors as debate judges, "flowing the round," the burden of justification, cross-cultural and pedagogical considerations, interpreting debates, and the adjudicator as pedagogue. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
