Value of Academic Discourse (eBook)

Conversations That Matter

Jeffrey Herr, Twyla Miranda (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
220 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-3854-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Understanding the art of academic conversations requires a building of trust, willingness to share, and a mind for critical thinking. Guidance for holding conversations with meaning and doing philosophy with learners is modeled, as well as how implementing classroom and collegial discourse benefits our society.

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How important is academic discourse that promotes new understandings and allows us to question what we know? In the current age of instant-messaging and Twitter(R), does academic conversation have a place? Frankly, we think that academic discourse is more important now than ever. Our civil society functions best when students, instructors, neighbors, and communities come together to question the information before us, so that decisions and directions are viable, helpful, and ethical. Academic conversations help us sort through the important and not-so-important themes of our lives and how we are to live. Academic conversations show us other ways of viewing, and they grow our own repertoire of ideas. Academic conversations teach us wonder, tolerance, humility, and the important fact that the world is bigger than our backyard. Understanding the art and pragmatism of academic conversations requires a building of trust, a willingness to share, and a mind for critical thinking. Guidance for holding conversations with meaning and doing philosophy with learners is modeled, as well as how implementing classroom and collegial discourse benefits our society.

Autor

Twyla T. Miranda serves as professor in the School of Education at Texas Wesleyan University. Her work in education has involved teaching children, young adults and adults, using the interplay of trust, dialogue, and critical thinking about topics that matter to learners. Jeffrey Herr serves as associate professor of Education in the department of Philosophy, Economics, and Teacher Education at Tarrant County College (South Campus). His research interests include Philosophy for Children and communities of inquiry, hip-hop education, and achieving student engagement through alternative forms of instruction.

Inhalt

PrefaceJeffrey HerrAcknowledgements Introduction Twyla T. Miranda and Jeffrey HerrPart I: Defining and Understanding Academic DiscourseChapter 1: The Socratic Method Jeremy Byrd and Miriam Byrd Chapter 2: Dialogue as ExperienceNakia S. Pope Chapter 3: Refining the Discourse of Collaboration: An Art Student’s Perspective Travis Austin Part II: Students and Teachers, Talking and Listening Together Chapter 4: Dilemmas Matter: Promoting Reflective Engagement with Early Adolescents Jeffrey Herr Chapter 5: Charrette as Context and Process for Academic Discourse in Contemporary Higher Education: A Case Study Hilary Hughes Chapter 6: A Modified Oxford Tutorial: Doctoral Students RespondTwyla T. MirandaChapter 7: Empower to be Empowered: Listening to the Student VoiceKenneth R. AustinPart III: Professional Discourse, Authentic ConversationsChapter 8: Modeling Conversations that Matter: How Dialogue Between Faculty and Administration Can Impact Culture, Practice, and Student Success Shane Naterman and Maryann FelpsChapter 9: The Missing Voice of Teachers in the National Reform MovementPenny ArmstrongTwyla T. Miranda IndexAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 21 Illustrations including: - 8 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 5 Tables; - 8 Text Boxes.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-3854-9 / 1475838549
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-3854-1 / 9781475838541