Global politics on trial: Using educational debate for teaching controversies of world affairs

International Studies Perspectives

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-186

  Omelicheva, Mariya Y ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Debate; Learning

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; POLITICS;

EID: 33646432008     PISSN: 15283577     EISSN: 15283585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2006.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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