Theory and it's Role in Writing Pedagogy by Laurie Gries https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0 en-us 2023-08-30 21:37:08 UTC 2023-08-30 23:47:43 UTC hello@padlet.com What is Theory? lagr3977 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678844665 2023-08-30 21:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678844665 Big T Theory lagr3977 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678844903 2023-08-30 21:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678844903 Little t theory lagr3977 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678845135 2023-08-30 21:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678845135 What is the Function of Theory? lagr3977 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678845482 2023-08-30 21:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678845482 "theory helps us explain what we are already doing" (ching 455) lagr3977 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678901504 2023-08-30 23:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678901504 Theory can provide different point of views that can "map-out uncharted territory between real and not-yet realized" (Ching, 461) mariag_vazquez8 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678904592 2023-08-30 23:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678904592 Reflection is an integral practice to applying theory to pedagogy because "what we do is so intimately tied up in how we do it" (Dubinsky 3) https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678904828 2023-08-30 23:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678904828 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678905684 Big T theory attempts to create stable frameworks that help us categorize, evaluate, reform and predict practices (Ching 447). ]]> 2023-08-30 23:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678905684 Theory is less of a static concept and more of a vehicle to do certain kinds of thinking/work (Ching 451) https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678905722 2023-08-30 23:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678905722 Theory can become practice, which can help turn teaching into research as we explore the complexities of sharing knowledge (Dubinsky 3) https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678906699 2023-08-30 23:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678906699 Stanley Fish argues that theory cannot "succeed," suggesting that scholars should be suspicious of interpretive communities that guide their reading with too heavy a hand (qtd. in Ching 448). https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678906742 2023-08-30 23:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678906742 Foundationalist vs "theoretical speculation" = little t (Ching, 449) mariag_vazquez8 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678906856 2023-08-30 23:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678906856 theory as a reflective practice can affect our sense of resolve and clarify methodologies which we already espouse (Ching 455) lagr3977 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678907082 2023-08-30 23:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678907082 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678907353 Big T Theory views "unjustified" practice as unstable and therefore attempts to create a more stabilized footing. Fish criticizes big T Theory as being abstract and general while Vitanza notes that it is alienating (Ching 447, 449).]]> 2023-08-30 23:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678907353 Big T theory seeks to define whether something is true or right, and little t theory "attempts to see what a theory might perform, what kind of work it might do" (Ching 451) https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678907464 2023-08-30 23:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678907464 theory is speculation; has etymological roots in seeing and sight (Ching 449) lagr3977 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678908843 2023-08-30 23:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678908843 Booth's colleague suggests that teaching well can't be taught, but must somehow be embodied (Dubinsky 3). https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678908898 2023-08-30 23:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678908898 A way of seeing or "theorEYEzing" (Ching 449) https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678908899 2023-08-30 23:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678908899 Worsham echoes this [by Foucault] sentiment, stating that theory emerges out of "a desire for alternate points of view, other stories" ("Coming" 104). (Ching 461) https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678908926 2023-08-30 23:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678908926 every pedagogical practice has some sort of rationale behind it, intentional or not (Ching 457) https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678909228 2023-08-30 23:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678909228 Speculation/Hypothesis meant to test reality. https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678909352 2023-08-30 23:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678909352 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678909510 Little t theory is less invariant than big T theory. Vitanza describes this theory as "boundless" in that it allows for perspective taking (Ching 451).]]> 2023-08-30 23:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678909510 theory is not so much about getting to objective truth but has pragmatic function as a practice (Ching) lagr3977 https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678909888 2023-08-30 23:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678909888 Little t theory consists of distilling mechanisms and structures; it is static rather than a process of coming to understanding in the first place (Ching 449) https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678909987 2023-08-30 23:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lagr3977/i34vg0pxqgv4n1q0/wish/2678909987