Scholarly writing is no different from all other writing, except, beside it having a purpose and having an audience like any other writings, scholarly writing is evidence-based (Laureate Education, 2012). It is important, since the scholar-practitioner write for a specific audience, that his or her material be free of personal opinion, assumption, and bias. When writing a scholarly material, a scholar-practitioner has to be objective in tone, write clearly, concise, produce a mechanically correct writing that contains evidence-based material.
Before starting writing, a scholar-practitioner, first would consider the purpose of the writing, then the audience being addressed in the writing. As a Walden student and a scholar-practitioner, we have a specific type of audience, which includes faculty, staff, and classmates, and members of the larger scholarly community. These are professional who are very critical informed readers with high expectations who expect writers to be objective with the words they use and the ideas they present to convey the purpose of their message (Laureate Education, 2013). It is important that the scholar-practitioner and as Walden University Student understand that those professional are ready and available to provide professional feedback and the tools based on evidence presented in the writing to promote learning and academic growth.
In day-to-day writing, which include email, blog, letters, or even text messages, the write most of the time have a message to convey to a specific person or a group. However the message is convey using assumptions, feelings, hear-says, or in most cased, on unchecked or unverified statements. Although this practice might not have any consequences in the se...
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...hority on a specific field. In this case, a more recent statistical data form either a government agency like Department of Education would have been a more reliable source then Business Week in 2001, unless the source of information was generated by common research sources (Laureate Education, 2013). In short, this writing can use a major overhaul when it comes to bias, opinion, quality of evidence, and appropriateness to its target audience.
In conclusion, when writing, a scholar-practitioner has to ensure he or she present appropriate material to the targeted audience without personal opinion, assumption, and bias. Additionally it is essential that writer, not only checks the validity and quality of the evidence use, but that the writing is objective in tone, clear, concise, and produce a mechanically correct writing that contains evidence-based material.
From the beginning, the first writing project assigned in class, a proposal, exposed to me the essential tools a writer needs to connect to the proper audience and defend my stance on the reform proposed. Overall, the course not only stressed the importance of drafts, but of peer review and instructor feedback as well; therefore, strengthening my knowledge
Johns, Ann. "Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership, Conflict, and Diversity." Wardle, Elizabeth and Doug Downs. Writing about Writing A College Reader. Boston: Bedford/St.Martin's, 2011. 498-519. Print.
“Tom Hanks: I Owe It All to Community College” does not fit into the category of academic writing. The article by Tom Hanks uses informal writing to convey his ideas, fails to document sources using a specific citation style, and does not present his ideas as a response to others. In contrast to Hanks’ article, academic writing is described as “standard edited English, using clear and recognizable patterns of organization, marking logical relationships between ideas, presenting ideas to others, and using appropriate citation styles” (Lunsford et al. 45).
In this article written by David Bartholomae, the author discusses problems basic writers make and about how they must use the discourse (communication style) of the academic community they are writing to, to be an effective writer. Bartholomae believes that “Inventing the University," is being able to assemble and mimic the universities language(5). Which means, if a student wants to be an efficient writer, he or she must be able to speak the language of his or her audience. Bartholomae writes that a common mistake of basic writers is that they don’t use an authoritative voice, and tend to switch into a more passive voice. This could be due to the fact that students have difficulty establishing their mindset or attitude for an audience
Having the author’s purpose is vital to knowing how informative, opinionated, or factual the arti...
Writing with Readings and Handbook. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2013. 52-57. Print.
Rodriguez, Richard "Scholarship Boy." From inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader. Eds. Stuart Greene and April Lidinsky. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012. 15-22. Print
The class’s main goal is to help improve our writing ability and help prepare us for upper level writing. As freshman, most of us have never had to write a huge research paper, some of us have not even had to write a research paper at all. Whenever I began this class I viewed it as a waste of time. I thought that I would never learn anything new and I would just continue writing the boring old papers that I had to write all throughout high school, but I was very wrong. The first paper we wrote was a synthesis of three given authors, all scholars in their specific field. The author’s names were Swales, Gee, and Porter. They all had varying opinions on what a discourse community was to them and how they distinguish one fro...
Drown, E., & Sole, K. (2013). Writing college research papers (2nd ed.). San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Rose, Mike. “Blue-Collar Brilliance”. “They Say / I Say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings. 2nd ed. Graff, Gerald, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russel Durst. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. 243-54. Print.
Writing requires a delicate balance between pleasing an audience, yet finding and sticking true to personal perspectives. More often than not, people find themselves ignoring their own thoughts and desires and just following along with the crowd, not standing up and arguing for anything, leaving behind a wishy-washy essay because they are too scared to stray from the obligations to others before the obligation to themselves. Anne Lamott’s “The Crummy First Draft” and Koji Frahm’s “How To Write an A Paper” both evaluate and stress the importance to find your own voice in writing and to be more critical towards readers. The reader’s perspective needs to play a role in writing, but it should not overrule the writer themselves. Writing needs to
Thomas, C. (2011). Is the American Dream Over? They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (2nd ed.). New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.
Credibility and relevance: I am a nursing student and have done adequate research and provided sources and have shown my credible knowledge on the subject. One example being:
In her article “The Needless Complexity of Academic Writing” published on October 26, 2015, Victoria Clayton argues that academics should not write to such a high level that they are not able to be understood by those who are not
Writing can be very frustrating; laying your ideas out on paper so that others can grasp the concept you are trying to convey is a very difficult task. In Writing 101 I have learned how to formulate good theses that are arguable and also how to validate articles that have to do with my topic. The most important element of a paper is the thesis statement. It captures the reader's attention and tells them what the essay is about. Having a well-structured thesis along with evidence to support that thesis are the main ingredients to a well-written essay. I have also learned how important it is to research an author’s background to ensure their credibility. This is a very important step in writing because today we can find information on a topic, however, it is not valid. By researching the author, we can see if he or she is an expert in the area and so this would make his or her information more credible. There is a ...