James Paul Gee Reading

Discussion and Journaling

3: Discourse with a capital "D" means saying (writing)-doing-being-valuing-believing-combinations. Discourse with a little "d" means connected stretches of languages that make sense, meaning "discourse", is part of "Discourse". This makes very little sense to me because words that are spelled the same should end up having the same exact meaning, maybe in an abstract way it might means something, but its hard for me to see it that way.

5: Discourses are changing often and are not fully consistent, there is conflict and tension between the values,beliefs,attitudes,interactional styles, uses of language and ways of being in the world which two or more discourses represent. I would say discourses are like identity's so I can see this being true.

11: Metaknowledge is almost a latent type of learning for ex: exposure to another language, having to translate it into and otherwise relate it to your own language, causes you to become aware of it. It can actually make you better able to manipulate your first language according to Gee.

13: If I want to become part of a different discourse that is irregular to me that hardest aspect is adapting to that different discourse if you don't adapt you will never be a part of that discourse. You aid yourself to become apart of that discourse because you're in charge of yourself. Sometimes you may feel like a pretender, but you have to start somewhere and eventually you will pass that step.

Applying and Exploring

3: Dear Mr. Fitch,

Discourses can be explained as "saying (writing)-doing-believing-valuing-being combinations" that are "way of being in the world". A dominant discourse allows for acquisition of social gods and status point. Non-Dominant Discourses do not. If you as a teacher want students to become dominant discourses you have to give them some motivation and let them have more autonomy, because autonomy can go a long way when dealing with students, it makes them more independent, which helps them in the future.

Ryan Davis

4: When I am with my friends vs. my family I will have a different discourse because my identity changes when I'am around one of them. Identity in essence is discourse whether you believe it or not. I really just have to adapt to each discourse, after time its start to get easier and easier. So, when I do have to switch between friends and family its easier now because I have adapted to it after time.