Examples of discourse in the following topics:
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- "Rational discourse is a catalyst for transformation, as it induced the various participants to explore the depth and meaning of their various world-views, and articulate those ideas to their instructor and classmates" (Mezirow, 1991).
- This debate was a good example of rational discourse and an essential factor for changing meaning perspective because they are engaged in sharing their own feelings on their current view of AutoCAD.
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- Postcolonial discourse is an academic discipline that analyzes the cultural legacies of colonialism and of imperialism.
- Postcolonialism (also known as post-colonial theory, post-colonial studies, and post-colonialism) is an academic discipline that comprises methods of intellectual discourse presenting analyses of, and responses to, the cultural legacies of colonialism and of imperialism (nearly always by European and North American powers).
- Postcolonial discourse also influences and is influenced by the arts, such as cinema, literature, and media.
- Postcolonial literature is a body of literary writing that responds to the intellectual discourse of European colonization in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific, and other post-colonial areas throughout the globe.
- However, most contemporary forms of post-colonial literature present literary and intellectual critiques of the post-colonial discourse by endeavoring to assimilate post-colonialism and its literary expressions.
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- A frame is the section in an academic paper in which a perspective that has already been accepted by a specific discourse community is presented in order to explain to the reader the point of view from which the rest of the essay will be analyzed.
- When using an academic concept that has been accepted by the discourse community as a frame, this frame "forces the writer to offer both a definition and description of the principle around which the argument develops.
- A frame also establishes credibility for the author in a certain field of study, or "discourse community".
- A discourse community can be composed of medical professionals, historians, or even the individuals that make up Wikipedia's readership.
- When establishing a frame, the author is telling the discourse community that he or she is aware of what the current discourse is and that the paper being presented has something relevant to add.
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- The transformative learning theory has held three common themes from the beginning of its proposal in 1978 by Jack Mezirow, which are centrality of experience, critical reflection, and rational discourse (Taylor, 1998).
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- "Status quo" refers to the existing and accepted body of academic research and discourse on a given topic.
- Conducting the appropriate research on this discourse is an important preliminary step to academic essay writing.
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- Science, based on empiricism and rational thought and embedded with the Enlightenment ideal of advancement and progress, came to play a leading role in Enlightenment discourse and thought.
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the Enlightenment cannot be pigeonholed into a specific doctrine or set of
dogmas, science came to play a leading role in Enlightenment discourse and
thought.
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- Though immigration to the United States has been a major source of economic growth and cultural change throughout American history, the recent discourse surrounding immigration deals mostly with illegal immigration.
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- What is ultimately important for Althusser are not the subjective beliefs held in the "minds" of human individuals, but rather the material institutions, rituals, and discourses that produce these beliefs.
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- The manager can help establish norms about how members will interact with each other to foster constructive discourse.
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- Some use developmentally-designed, structured public discourse to address complex public issues.