Overview

Joining the Dialogue offers an exciting new approach for teaching academic research writing to introductory students by drawing on communication ethics. Holding to the current view that academic writing means situating ourselves in a research community and learning how to join the research conversations going on around us, Joining the Dialogue proposes that how we engage in dialogue with other researchers in our community matters. We not only read, acknowledge, and build on the research of others as we compose our work; we also engage openly, attentively, critically, and responsively to their ideas as we articulate our own. With this in mind, Joining the Dialogue is geared to helping students discover the key ethical practices of dialogue—receptivity and response-ability—as they join a research conversation. It also helps students master the dialogic structure of research essays as they write in and for their academic communities. Combining an ethical approach with accessible prose, dialogic structures and templates, practical exercises, and ample illustrations from across the disciplines, Joining the Dialogue teaches students not only how to write research essays but also how to write those essays ethically as a dialogue with other researchers and readers.

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Author:   Bettina Stumm
Publisher:   Broadview Press Ltd
Imprint:   Broadview Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.647kg
ISBN:  

9781554813957

ISBN 10:   1554813956
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   11 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface Part 1: Approaching Academic Dialogue Chapter 1: Genuine Dialogue and the Ethics of Communication Chapter 2: The Conversation Situation: Respecting Genre Part 2: Developing Skills of Reception Chapter 3: The Art of Summary: Representing Others Chapter 4: Ethical Interpretation: Summarizing Difficult Material Chapter 5: Orchestrating Dialogue: Writing as Conversation Chapter 6: Ethical Citation: Acknowledging Others Part 3: Developing Skills of Response Chapter 7: Claims, Reasons, and Reasoning: Making Sense of Research Stances Chapter 8: Critical Engagement: Analyzing Content and Assessing Ideas Chapter 9: Response-able Stances: Developing a Research Position Part 4: Participating in Academic Dialogue Chapter 10: Research Topics and Proposals: Preparing to Write Chapter 11: Introductions: Stepping into a Scholarly Conversation Chapter 12: Body Paragraphs: Giving Structure to the Conversation Chapter 13: Conclusions: Inviting Response and Responsibility Chapter 14: Drafts and Revisions: Conversing Clearly

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In a clear, engaging style, Bettina Stumm invites readers into a constructive conversation about the ethics of scholarly research and writing as reception and response. Grounded in dialogic theory, this practical volume guides us beyond scholarship as a technical, mechanical process to academic research and writing practices as ethical, relational engagement with the ideas of others and with the larger academic community. Through detailed instructions accompanied by a wide range of examples and useful exercises, Stumm offers a unique entry point for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as experienced scholars, seeking to participate in meaningful academic communication across a variety of disciplines and research writing genres. -- Janie Harden Fritz, Duquesne University

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Bettina Stumm is Assistant Professor of English at Corpus Christi College, Vancouver, BC.

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