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Facilitating critical discourse through “meaningful disagreement” online

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Dalley-Hewer, Jayne, Clouder, Deanne Lynn, Jackson, Ann, Goodman, Simon, Bluteau, Patricia and Davies, Bernadette. (2012) Facilitating critical discourse through “meaningful disagreement” online. Journal of Interprofessional Care, Vol.26 (No.6). pp. 472-478. ISSN 1356-1820

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This paper is concerned with identifying ways of facilitating “meaningful disagreement” amongst students in interprofessional online discussion forums. It builds on previous research that identified a trend toward polite agreement and only limited evidence of disagreement in this setting. Given the suggestion that disagreement indicates a deeper level of engagement in group discussion and therefore leads to deeper learning, our aim was to critique the pedagogical approach adopted by analyzing whether we were promoting a particular interprofessional discourse amongst students that favored agreement and therefore limited potential learning. Agreement in this context has been conceptualized as a form of online interprofessional “netiquette” existing amongst participants. Findings suggest that creating an online context for critical discourse is challenging; however, the careful construction of learning outcomes, trigger material/resources and learning activities, as well as attention to students' stage of study and life experience, can provoke the desired effects.

Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/13561820.2012.711383

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Interprofessional Care
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
ISSN: 1356-1820
Official Date: November 2012
Volume: Vol.26
Number: No.6
Page Range: pp. 472-478
Identification Number: 10.3109/13561820.2012.711383
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
URI: http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/49702

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