Scholarship as a conversation - A Teaching Scenario

Show how each activity relates to the Knowledge Practice or Learning Outcome

Questions
1. How does someone become part of the scholarly conversation?
2. Why is it important to find more than one perspective about a topic?
3. How do authority structures limit the ability to enter into the scholarly conversation?

MATERIAL NEEDED
1.Laptops/Computers/Mobile Devices
2. Intenet Connectivity
3. White Board and a marker

ACTIVITIES

1. Provide reference page from an article
2. Ask students to find one of the articles listed using the citations provided and divide students into groups
3. Ask them to search for different types of information and peer teach how to search

LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Citing sources in the creation of information
2. Become a contributor at the appropriate level
3. Identify the contribution of scholarly materials to disciplinary knowledge

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