Thursday, April 21, 2011
Integrating other voices into a piece of writing
After viewing the videos from the Denver Post on Sun Valley and reading Tina Griego’s series on this neighborhood, I’d like you reflect on what you think the main argument or the main focus (implicit or explicit) of this special feature is. As you explain to the rest of us what you think the main point is, point to a few specific examples (from either the videos or the writing) to illustrate your discussion and explain how they support this main idea. As well, explain how you see the video and/or Tina Griego using and shaping the voices of the residents of Sun Valley to emphasize and convey the main message.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Posting three additional summaries
Before class on Thursday, please post three additional summaries of your scholarly sources for our current project. (I would encourage to write more than three, but you can just post three for class. As you continue to draft, though, I think you'll find that the process of summarizing each of your sources will help you as shift to synthesizing them for this current assignment.) Please follow the previous directions on what to include your summaries. You may find that you need to include just one summary per comment.
Understanding Kozol’s research methods
To begin class today, I would like you to get into groups of three and discuss Kozol as a researcher, using the following questions:
Overall, how would you characterize the way he goes about conducting the research he does for this project? What kind of evidence does he make use of or have access to? More specifically, what roles do interviews and observations play in his research? What kind of knowledge does he gain about the issue of homelessness and poverty by using these methods? How does it help us understand this issue? In what ways do these methods limit our understanding?
As a group, identify three passages that somehow illustrate or relate to your responses to the questions above. When you’re done discussing these questions, post a brief summary of your discussion (one per group) here as a comment. Include the page numbers of the passages you want us to focus on, as well as the names of everyone in your group.
Overall, how would you characterize the way he goes about conducting the research he does for this project? What kind of evidence does he make use of or have access to? More specifically, what roles do interviews and observations play in his research? What kind of knowledge does he gain about the issue of homelessness and poverty by using these methods? How does it help us understand this issue? In what ways do these methods limit our understanding?
As a group, identify three passages that somehow illustrate or relate to your responses to the questions above. When you’re done discussing these questions, post a brief summary of your discussion (one per group) here as a comment. Include the page numbers of the passages you want us to focus on, as well as the names of everyone in your group.
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