I would consider Knowledge to be the understanding of concepts within the mind. Knowledge should be what we already know, not what we can find out from looking it up online. So, I think knowledge should be focused on facts, descriptions and understandings of things that we would not learn in the natural world, or even without an ability to learn it. That idea at the end is definitely something that should be talked about. Knowledge has to be learned and earned. But, how we go about learning it is different for each person. Making of knowledge should also deal with how we go about creating knowledge. I would argue that this doesn't always happen in the classroom. Movies like Slumdog Millionaire help to show that we are always learning no matter where we are and we never know when what we learn can come in handy. A knowledgeable person can come about that knowledge from many different places. Discipline is a specific area of study but is also a focused way of looking at things. Being able to write a paper within a discipline takes discipline and can make it easier to understand the work being done. But there are times were disciplines need to be combined. Disciplines help to establish areas of necessary study within different colleges.
My understanding of "feminism" with relation to first year composition courses is that feminism is a kind of pedagogy that can be used to teach composition. A feminist pedagogy focuses on an open, supportive classroom and encourages a lot of discourse on questions of "difference and dominance" in language.
I would consider Knowledge to be the understanding of concepts within the mind. Knowledge should be what we already know, not what we can find out from looking it up online. So, I think knowledge should be focused on facts, descriptions and understandings of things that we would not learn in the natural world, or even without an ability to learn it.
ReplyDeleteThat idea at the end is definitely something that should be talked about. Knowledge has to be learned and earned. But, how we go about learning it is different for each person.
Making of knowledge should also deal with how we go about creating knowledge. I would argue that this doesn't always happen in the classroom. Movies like Slumdog Millionaire help to show that we are always learning no matter where we are and we never know when what we learn can come in handy. A knowledgeable person can come about that knowledge from many different places.
Discipline is a specific area of study but is also a focused way of looking at things. Being able to write a paper within a discipline takes discipline and can make it easier to understand the work being done. But there are times were disciplines need to be combined. Disciplines help to establish areas of necessary study within different colleges.
My understanding of "feminism" with relation to first year composition courses is that feminism is a kind of pedagogy that can be used to teach composition. A feminist pedagogy focuses on an open, supportive classroom and encourages a lot of discourse on questions of "difference and dominance" in language.
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