Putting the Advocacy Back in the Argumentation and Advocacy Course

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Abstract

Often Argumentation and Advocacy courses place the emphasis on theory without much focus on encourage advocacy in our students. In the Spring semester I added the creation of an advocacy project to the course that forces students out of their comfort zone and into working with the community on their project.

Author

• Michael Davis, James Madison Univ