How does one begin to take on the task of explaining knowledge? Is it individual knowledge? A biased fact developed by a certain group of people concurred to be accurate? Who decides what the knowledge will be about or just how far in depth the knowledge will extend. Knowledge is all of these things, according to Kevin A. Bruffee who decides based upon his knowledge, that knowledge can only be spread with a combination of viewpoints and ideas. Communication and resurrection of the spoken word is one of the important way we, as human beings, are able to explain an enjoy the world and all of the information it has to offer.
First, the individual must interpret the piece on his or her own, absorbing each morsel of info possible. Afterwards he or she is able to make opinions and create new thoughts relating to what has just been learned. The creation extracted from the piece becomes what is shared to further understand and obtain as much as desired by hungry minds. Bruffee considers group discussion a vital part to the interpreting process because it allows each member to exchange personal insights to invent more ideas pertaining to the subject on the burner.
Knowledge is a craft, shaped, changed, judged, excepted, declined, and renewed so long as people keep the words and their meanings alive. Speech is written down to become concrete observations and messages passed to the public of knowledge itself; it is meant to be talked about. Questioning oneself, and others, about a piece of writing ensures that tiny seeds will be embedded inside brains, stemming into trees of possibilities that are forever considered and decoded for a completion of understanding.
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I really liked how you described knowledge when you stated, "Knowledge is a craft, shaped, changed, judged, excepted, declined, and renewed so long as people keep the words and their meanings alive. " I think that that is an excellent way of going about discussing the descriptive meaning of the word knowledge.
ReplyDeleteVery well done, and I agree completely.
ReplyDelete"Questioning oneself, and others, about a piece of writing ensures that tiny seeds will be embedded inside brains, stemming into trees of possibilities that are forever considered and decoded for a completion of understanding." This a perfect way to give a visual as to what happens when we question not just pieces of writing but everything. i really think is this important, especially for all of us sitting in class just taking in the information we are being taught and not really looking into why it is that way or where it came from. If we only know the answer and not the whole problem, we really don't know that much.
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