tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post5592299372984727005..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: Teaching academic proseFlaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-29314558212331344882014-11-19T23:15:41.359-05:002014-11-19T23:15:41.359-05:00Oooh, as a subject librarian I'm enjoying thin...Oooh, as a subject librarian I'm enjoying thinking about this exercise and thinking about how I might create an in-class version... limit journals to search in, have them practice searching for articles in class, report on/discuss what you've learned from the searching and the various components of the article record (abstract, subject headings, etc.)? Hmmmmmmmm....sophylouhttp://girlhistorian.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-41338942549318760882014-11-12T16:37:10.964-05:002014-11-12T16:37:10.964-05:00Just for fun, do put Pooh Perplex on reserve.Just for fun, do put <i>Pooh Perplex</i> on reserve.Withywindlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465319711207992232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-10131119539807223252014-11-10T18:42:41.079-05:002014-11-10T18:42:41.079-05:00Anon:
I asked my students to find an article from...Anon:<br /><br />I asked my students to find an article from the past 30 years, from one of the 10 approved journals (and encouraged them to run their selection by me first). Based on the week they chose to do this, the subject of the article was loosely determined (i.e., it had to be on the work or the portion of the work we were currently reading, though otherwise the topic was open).<br /><br />Then they were to:<br /><br />1) summarize it in two double-spaced pages. I had a detailed assignment for how to do this and what to look for, but basically they needed to include a) a full bibliographic citation; b) the author's thesis, along with major subarguments; c) the context for the author's argument--that is, the preexisting debates the author was entering into, and which prior critics he or she was agreeing with and where & how he or she distinguished his or her claims from theirs; d) any theoretical or methodological orientation; e) any major passages or aspects of the work analyzed by the author, and the interpretation he or she derives from that analysis.<br /><br />2) Upload it to our class server at least 48hrs before class, so that everyone could read their summary.<br /><br />3) Present on their article and take questions.<br /><br />In addition to the practice I wanted to give my students finding and working through scholarly articles, I also wanted to provide the full class with a small library of possible sources that any one of them could use for their final paper. <br /><br />I'll make some slight changes the next time I do this, but that's the general idea.<br /><br />(N.B. I can't take credit for this assignment--it's an amalgamation/adaptation of things done by two or three other colleagues.)Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-12151553305486846382014-11-10T14:18:52.364-05:002014-11-10T14:18:52.364-05:00So can I ask how you framed the assignment? What d...So can I ask how you framed the assignment? What did you ask them to do specifically? Am thinking about my next syllabus and the ways to make an MA seminar more interactive, less me deciding and prescribing the readings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-10545635107136680062014-11-10T12:05:01.523-05:002014-11-10T12:05:01.523-05:00K:
I genuinely don't think it would be useful...K:<br /><br />I genuinely don't think it would be useful for most people (it's a niche journal). <br /><br />But I suspect that a lot of the journals that PhD students are encouraged to publish in--the good second-tier venues--may have articles that exhibit similar qualities. I'm going to be seeking those out, myself, in classes with other emphases. (In the past, I've assigned articles that <i>I'm</i> really impressed by, which it turns out are not necessarily the most useful or accessible to my students, at least at a beginning stage.)Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-77053461019598567102014-11-10T10:26:44.519-05:002014-11-10T10:26:44.519-05:00I wish I knew which journal this was, as I'm t...I wish I knew which journal this was, as I'm trying to get my students used to academic prose, and easing them in might be best.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03267820841995367909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-52722739449512176152014-11-09T08:14:14.761-05:002014-11-09T08:14:14.761-05:00It's funny, but at dinner a couple of nights a...It's funny, but at dinner a couple of nights ago, we were talking about what we assigned for teaching, and while our students struggle with monographs, articles are often difficult in a different way because the take the place in the conversation for granted. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.com