Games and truths: learning to construct social problems in high school debate.

Although social constructionists have taken the process by which people learn to present social problems for granted, these skills are acquired in the course of socialization. Through high school debate, adolescents acquire techniques for making arguments, using evidence, and presenting claims to m...

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Published in:	Sociological Quarterly Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 103 - 124
Main Author:	Fine, Gary Alan
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Winter 2000
Subjects:	Socialization Social problems Social constructionism Debate Psychology of high school students
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost