Scholarship as Conversation

[All Levels]
Students are asked to locate illustrated scholarly articles on a relevant topic, describe and analyze the type and purpose of each image and reflect on their own future use of images.

Beginner
Have students practice reading, analyzing and answering/asking questions about the different components of an academic research article.

Beginner/Intermediate
Students consider and discuss case studies on plagiarism and other issues around ethical use of information and research.

Intermediate
Students are given a scholarly work and asked to track down 1 or 2 of the sources listed. They are then asked to compare the cited work to the citing work and evaluate the accuracy of the citation information as well as whether it was cited/paraphrased properly, and why.

Intermediate/Advanced
Have students take a scholarly article or book and trace the scholarly conversation both backwards and forwards. Have students discuss how that source uses other sources and how it is used by further research, etc.