Exploring reality through new lenses
The informal essay as a an academic genre
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https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v1i1.21Abstract
Can the essay genre used in education and reserarch provide new options for describing reality? This genre has already obtained a strong position in philosophy, in which it has proven to be appraopriate when dealing with “the far too big and the far too small questions”. But what about the essay as a supplement to – or even a replacement for – traditonal descriptions within social science in higher education?
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Dunn, R., Griggs, S.A., Olson, J., Gorman, B. & Beasley, M. (1995). A meta analytic validation of the Dunn and Dunn Learning Style model. Journal of Educational Research. 88(6), p. 353
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Dunn, Rita and Kenneth J (1972). Practical approaches to individualizing instruction: contracts and other effective teaching strategies. West Nyack, N.Y. : Parker
Halliday, M. A. K. (1985). An introduction to functional grammar. London : Arnold
Linell, Per (1995). Approaching dialogue : talk and interaction in dialogical perspectives. Linköping
: Linköpings universitet
Wells, G. (1999). Dialogic inquiry: Towards a sociocultural practice and theory of education. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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2006-04-03
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Engan, B. (2006). Exploring reality through new lenses: The informal essay as a an academic genre. Journal of Comparative Social Work, 1(1), 21–26. https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v1i1.21
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