What according to Neusner is a major and what is its role in the university? Evaluate his criteria for choosing a major. How do these criteria relate to the author’s assertion in another publication that “we in universities have a single purpose: to open minds to new ideas”? According to Neusner, a major is the subject or area a student learns with special emphasis. Its role in the university is it defines the power a department has in an institution. Neusner’s criteria…
Summarize in a few sentences the seven misperceptions that Sanford Ungar discusses. These, of course, are all things that “they say” – and that he uses to launch what he wants to say. How does calling them “misperceptions” affect the way you read his argument? Would you read it any differently if he instead called them “common assumptions”? The seven misperceptions Ungar discusses seem to be the opposing points to getting a liberal arts education. They include, liberal arts being…
Gee and Newstok both address an idea of apprenticeship and imitation in their pieces, and Newstok’s ideas are complimentary to Gee’s. In Newstok’s article “How to Read Like Shakespeare” he explains his reserves with modern schooling and eventually explains what he thinks is lacking. One of those concepts is apprenticeship which he explains requires “an exacting, collaborative environment, with guidance from people who knew more than you did.” (Newstok). To me, this is the same idea that Gee has when explaining how…
What is happening in that school is what gee talks about in theory- They don’t have the same “middle-class-like” school and so they can’t get that apprenticeship in the discourse and can’t learn it later- this is a “gate” The quote is twofold- 1. The school is unequipped for ‘middle class like’ learning because of how cold and crappy it is 2. They are excluded from a ‘good’ – such as a middle class like school- because their parents…
In his “Open Letter to High School Students about Reading”, Bean says that students are challenged with focusing on deep reading. They are challenged with adjusting their reading strategies for different purposes, determining the argument of what they are reading, difficulty seeing themselves in conversation with the author, lacking cultural literacy, and having difficulty with vocab and syntax. I agree with most of these although, I have never experienced a problem with changing my strategies for different texts and purposes….
Quotation from the text Response 1.) “Their research showed that reading for pleasure produces important benefits across a variety of academic disciplines (including math) and that “reading is actually linked to increased cognitive progress over time.” (6). 2.) “Reading, then, can literally help determine the way we are able to think” (8). 3.) “many students see ‘reading’ as simply forcing one’s eyes to ‘touch’ each word on the assigned pages” (11). 4.) “readers often have to adjust their reading strategies for different purposes…
Bartholomae’s chapter essentially tells the story of how he became a professional writer and teacher and how his experiences and habits have shaped his beliefs about writing. Reading and writing are not just things he does; he thinks of himself as a reader and a writer. Go back through the essay and give each numbered section a title that you think encapsulates the focus of the section and its role in creating this identity. I: Resistance II: Learning to Revise…
