Basic speech textbooks have not incorporated contemporary rhetorical theory, remaining nearly unchanged across decades¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 1996 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on an ERIC document (a report, conference paper or thesis). It is kept because 2 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.

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q1 i? New editions of basic speech texts show virtually no difference from the oldest texts aside from an ethics chapter and updated examples. → Cyphert 1996

Evidence¶

Cyphert 1996¶

Cyphert, Dale. (1996). Taking the Helm in Critical Pedagogy: The Basic Speech Curriculum as an Operationalization of the Paradigm. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED403616

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

The author's informal observation comparing the oldest and newest basic speech texts on his shelf, offered as evidence that scholarly engagement with postmodernism and critical studies has not reached speech pedagogy. The author reports "virtually no difference" between the texts.

"Aside from the addition of a specific chapter on ethics and updated examples, there is virtually no difference between the oldest (Oliver, Dickey, & Zelko) and newest (Lucas) speech texts on my shelf."

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