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Brief Informative Speech Outline
P re- Introduction:
Topic: pragmatism
Narrowed Topic: understanding pragmatism theory
General Purpose: Towards informing
Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the pragmatism theory
I ntroduction:
i. Attention Getter: educational implication of pragmatism
ii. Purpose Statement: understanding pragmatism
iii. Credibility: relation to education
iv. Significance: developing social experience and knowledge
v. Preview: principles and forms of pragmatism
Transition – the first subtopic of pragmatism is educational implication
Body:
I. Educational implication of pragmatism
a. Source of knowledge for life
b. To help in growth
c. Developing social process,
d. Continuously restructuring experience
e. State’s responsibility
(Transition) – The next topic involves the forms of pragmatism
II. Pragmatism forms
a. Humanistic
b. Experimental
c. Nominalist
d. Biological
(Transition-the last topic includes the principles of pragmatism
III. Pragmatism principles
a. Pluralism
b. Change
c. Changing values and aims
d. Utilitarianism,
e. Individualism
f. Emphasis on social aspects

IV. C onclusion:
a. Principles
b. Forms
c. Educational Implication

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