BLOG deuce.....discourse

 I believe social discourse is definitely “political” and I feel to even create a discourse one would have to be “critical”. From what I gather a discourse can be created by the most simple or complex trends in human activity, ethnicity, gender, belief system etc… I think a discourse has the ability to mean everything to someone and nothing to another person. I am interested in learning more about the importance of discourses and how they affect the educational experience. I am confident that in gathering a better understanding of discourse and how to properly analyze one, I could become an effective educator. A discourse could be a specific physical or developmental impairment that I may come in contact with as an educator. A firm understanding of the impairment could lead to improved service for that student or discourse. I think gathering information or classifying individuals is very useful for the sake of effectively educating them.

A discourse can be a little too narrow for me to subscribe to it being of much value to understanding a student better. Students are individuals, and I have been taught to treat them as such. Culture is a discourse that no human being can evade. I think I could get a better understanding of another human being by understanding the discourse of their culture. I also think I could learn a great deal about someone without considering their cultural discourse. Like many tools used to gain an understanding of phenomena, it’s useful if it used correctly and accurately. I tend to dislike classification if those who are classified don’t benefit from it. I think when I am more versed on the topic I will be able to make more informed and unbiased response.