ACADEMIC
ACADEMICS AS A CONVERSATION
It describes the academic dialogue in which ideas are created, debated and weighed against each other over time. Academic research resists simple answers. Information users and creators meet to discuss the meaning. The researcher should look for various perspectives in an academic conversation, not just the one he agrees with.
Learning goals
Recognize that a given academic work may not represent the single, or even majority, perspective on the subject at hand.
Contribute to the academic conversation on an appropriate level.
Critically evaluate contributions made by others and see themselves as producers and consumers of information.
Support resource
A guide that describes how academics are a collaborative effort. This video shows how to contribute to that conversation process.
Use them according to your need!
Recommended activities
Provide students with a list of 3 to 5 sources from different perspectives that shape the conversation around a topic of interest.
Example sources: a news article, a tweet from an accredited source, an academic article, or a literature review.
- Ask:
- What perspectives are presented?
- Who has the strongest voice in this conversation? Why?
- How would you get involved in this conversation?
Ask students to conduct research on a particular topic based on their discussion in the popular media, and then track their origin in conversations between academics and researchers. How have the outlook changed and why?
Examples of sources: news articles, tweets from accredited sources, review articles, blog posts, best-selling novels.
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