Interpersonal Argumentation in Educational and Professional Contexts

This volume provides a comprehensive view of empirical studies based on various approaches devoted to examine the interpersonal argumentative processes involved in different contexts. A major goal of the volume is to identify context-dependent differences and similarities in the ways in which argumentative interactions are managed by individuals in a range of educational and professional settings. How some forms of negotiation, change, debate could result from engaging in interpersonal processes during argumentation? How interpersonal dimensions affect the interdependencies between argumentative exchanges and construction of knowledge and skills? This volume contributes to clarify some of these open questions by providing a discussion of theoretical and empirical issues at the forefront of research, in order to ensure a view of how interpersonal argumentation in educational and professional contexts is actually questioned and investigated. Reading this book will provide an opportunity to discover the crucial importance of a depth knowledge of the role and functions played by the interpersonal dynamics within argumentative interactions occurring in a wide sphere of educational and professional contexts.