Crossing Cultural and Gender Borders to Change the Way We Use Discourse in the Classroom

Autor/in	Lloyd, Keith
Titel	Crossing Cultural and Gender Borders to Change the Way We Use Discourse in the Classroom
Quelle	In: CEA Forum, 42 (2013) 1, S.246-261 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-8034
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teaching Models; Cooperating Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Persuasive Discourse; Adoption (Ideas); Competition; Feminism; Academic Discourse; Rhetoric; Cultural Differences; Perspective Taking; Problem Solving; Personality Traits; Bias; Inquiry; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lehrmodell; Co-operation; Cooperation; Teacher; Teachers; Kooperation; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Wettkampf; Feminismus; Discourse; Diskurs; Rhetorik; Kultureller Unterschied; Zukunftsperspektive; Problemlösen; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Indien
Abstract	Though many teachers have adopted collaborative models for teaching writing and literature, much of classroom discussion, in small or large groups, is driven by the assumption that arguing ideas is a competitive exercise. Generally, essays written in this context are "counter-positional" and "agonistic," supporting points by eliminating/discrediting others and shaped by either/or extremes. Such extreme views create false dichotomies rather than thought-out perspectives, a reflection of the often counter-productive argument students see most in the media. Such argumentation actually polarizes people and shuts down dialogue. To adopt other models, it is important to look across the borders of argumentative discussion. This essay offers two alternative models of collaboration and essay construction, one from India, based in an approach to argument known as "Nyaya," the other based on feminist perspectives based in the ideas of Sonja Foss and Cynthia Griffin. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	College English Association. Web site: http://www.cea-web.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10