rgumentation and Debate than 50 years When Dr Freeley wrote the first edition there was a narrow has been an important educational resource for more range of accepted conventional argumentation theory and a common approach to academic policy debate modeled after tournament practice Through 12 editions the authors have adapted the text to match changing practice in debate and teaching while preserving classical and conventional approaches to learning debate The new edition continues this tradition Today there is more diversity than ever before in the approaches used in teaching the argumentation and debate course as well as in intercollegiate tournament practice The new edition of Argumentation and Debate retains its rhetorical roots with a flexible tone open to a diverse array of debate styles and appropriate in the contemporary context It recognizes new approaches to argumentation and debate and the need to employ critical thinking skills in a variety of debate formats and argumentative contexts It values the importance of inclusion and sensitivity to differences of culture gender orientation class and other factors as they impact communicative choices and argumentation Finally the new edition recognizes the growing importance and application of debate in the public sphere as observed in political campaign debates and other public forum debates The authors unabashedly employ a preference for evidence based team topic policy debate however the text strives to offer viable tools for a wide range of readers interested in improving their critical thinking for reasoned decision making in unlimited contexts rgumentation and Debate than 50 years When Dr Freeley wrote the first edition there was a narrow has been an important educational resource for more range of accepted conventional argumentation theory and a common approach to academic policy debate modeled after tournament practice Through 12 editions the authors have adapted the ...text to match changing practice in debate and teaching while preserving classical and conventional approaches to learning debate The new edition continues this tradition Today there is more diversity than ever before in the approaches used in teaching the argumentation and debate course as well as in intercollegiate tournament practice The new edition of Argumentation and Debate retains its rhetorical roots with a flexible tone open to a diverse array of debate styles and appropriate in the contemporary context It recognizes new approaches to argumentation and debate and the need to employ critical thinking skills in a variety of debate formats and argumentative contexts It values the importance of inclusion and sensitivity to differences of culture gender orientation class and other factors as they impact communicative choices and argumentation Finally the new edition recognizes the growing importance and application of debate in the public sphere as observed in political campaign debates and other public forum debates The authors unabashedly employ a preference for evidence based team topic policy debate however the text strives to offer viable tools for a wide range of readers interested in improving their critical thinking for reasoned decision making in unlimited contexts