Alexander: I noticed this connection about how we were talking in class about how kids do work and writing simply for good grades and not to develop or learn. I related this piece to how our only half out class wrote about positive literacy experiences. Although I thought that probably most of them made a … [Read more…]
Introduction – I did not do a whole lot for my introductory paragraph in my revision. I spent a lot of time on it the first time around and I introduced properly my ideas of Gee’s discourse, Haas’ experiment with Scientific Discourse, and Gee’s Seven building tasks. The only changes I did make were slight … [Read more…]
Coordination: “In Layman’s terms, they are who you are at any given time or situation, and are used to function in any particular environment or task.” With my transition of “and” I make both ideas equal, and they are connected, but are two ideas that build off each other, but neither is more important than … [Read more…]
Original: Expanding even further on the concept of guidance being necessary to develop a Discourse, it is quite literally engrained everywhere. From movies, to books, and to real life examples, a mentor helping you along the way is a crucial step to obtaining mastery over anything. In fact Haas points out that “theorists of education … [Read more…]
I believe that I get the main idea of pretty much all of Gee’s concepts. I think some are definitely harder than other, but overall I could explain and utilize most of them. I think for the most part most of my paragraphs are working fairly well so far, but I think a little better … [Read more…]
When comparing both Gee and Haas’s definitions and important aspects of a Discourse, more specifically a Scientific Discourse, there are very distinct similarities that can be found. These such parallels are the use of variations of three words; saying, doing, and believing. Furthermore, Gee puts forth his “seven building tasks” used in reading and writing … [Read more…]
Significance “A great number of studies of science have focused on discourse – conversations and lab notes as well as conference activity and the best way to study the scientific enterprise” (Haas 44). By using words “focused” and “best” Haas puts significance onto her subject (discourse). Using “focused” she is putting a spotlight on it … [Read more…]
I expanded on this because I believe that in fact the practice does always come first. It is just an opinion, but I believe in it firmly. Without the practice there would be no need for the language, but the practice can be formed without the language, albeit not effectively, but there nonetheless. I related … [Read more…]
This annotation is an understanding piece. I was highlighting and annotating what I did not understand and tried to make sense of it. I then related back to my inference when I found the answer in the writing, discovering that I was correct. This annotation is expanding Haas ideas, maybe even challenging it. She said … [Read more…]
When Haas talks about being “literate” in college she talks about “knowing about” and “behaving toward” different texts, the knowing about being the “framing” of the writing (who the author is, why they wrote it, when did they write it, who did they write it for) and the behaving towards it being the reaction to … [Read more…]
