LibGuides: Spartan Savvy: Integrative Model for Information Literacy: Scholarship as Conversation

Definition

Scholarship as Conversation (Concept)

"Communities of scholars, researchers, or professionals engage in sustained discourse with new insights and discoveries occurring over time as a result of varied perspectives and interpretations."

Activities covering the Scholarship as Conversation concept:

Argument Reflections
Students are asked to reflect on the usefulness of an outside source in building an argument.
Authority is Contextual and Constructed: Class Discussion of Authorship
Students read two very different sources from the same author and discuss which is more scholarly, which has more authority, without knowing they are from the same author.
Map the Conversation
Students will use reference lists to map and reflect on a scholarly conversation.
Joining the Scholarly Conversation
Discussion of video and quote on how scholarship is like a conversation.
The Scholarly Conversation: Reading & Applying Scholarly Research
Students learn how to read scholarly articles and how to use them as evidence for claims.
Scholarly to Popular
Students will assess how the findings of a scholarly article were presented in the popular media.
Standing on Shoulders
Students will discuss and search for examples of scholarship refuting previous knowledge.
Why Cite?
Discussion of purpose and value of citing sources in academia.