Andrews, Richard

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The importance of argument in education
An inaugural professorial lecture by Richard Andrews 
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The importance of argument in education
An inaugural professorial lecture by Richard Andrews 
In The importance of argument in education Richard Andrews 
draws on his practice and research of over 20 years. He begins 
his lecture with definitions of ‘argument’ and ‘argumentation’. 
He justifies the overall focus on argument by first looking 
at its function in the social and political spheres and then 
moving on to a theoretical consideration of argument via the 
thinking of Vygotsky and Habermas. 
Professor Andrews applies these insights to both school- 
and university-level contexts. He examines three cases of 
argumentation in education: that of a group of 6-year-old 
children in discussion; an essay by an undergraduate literature 
student; and a dissertation by an engineering student. 
In a further section, he turns to the question of visual and 
multimodal argumentation through consideration of a still 
image, an advertisement and a sequence of images. The 
lecture concludes that argument is important to education 
because it allows articulation of thought; engagement with 
personal, social and political issues; and enfranchisement 
within a democratic society.
 


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The importance of argument in educationAn inaugural professorial lecture by Richard Andrews www.ioe.ac.uk/publicationsThe importance of argument in educationAn inaugural professorial lecture by Richard Andrews In The importance of argument in education Richard Andrews draws on his practice and research of over 20 years. He begins his lecture with definitions of ‘argument’ and ‘argumentation’. He justifies the overall focus on argument by first looking at its function in the social and political spheres and then moving on to a theoretical consideration of argument via the thinking of Vygotsky and Habermas. Professor Andrews applies these insights to both school- and university-level contexts. He examines three cases of argumentation in education: that of a group of 6-year-old children in discussion; an essay by an undergraduate literature student; and a dissertation by an engineering student. In a further section, he turns to the question of visual and multimodal argumentation through consideration of a still image, an advertisement and a sequence of images. The lecture concludes that argument is important to education because it allows articulation of thought; engagement with personal, social and political issues; and enfranchisement within a democratic society. 

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