beyond the term paper: helping students understand scholarship as conversation

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Beyond the Term Paper HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND SCHOLARSHIP AS CONVERSATION MAHRYA CARNCROSS, WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, [email protected]

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Beyond the Term PaperHelping Students Understand Scholarship as ConversationMahrya Carncross, Western Illinois University, [email protected] Communities of scholars, researchers, or professionals engage in sustained discourse with new insights and discoveries occurring over time as a result of varied perspectives and interpretations. Not a Solitary Activity

Many Perspectives, Many Answers

Knowledge as Discourse

Changing not Fixed

Process not Product

Dispositions and Knowledge Practices

Group Exercise #5: Identify a Scholarly Conversation

Reference material from Opposing Viewpoints

Identify Experts

Where are these experts communicating their ideas?Group Exercise #18: Tracing a Topic

Group Exercise #19: Establishing Authority

Thank you!