1) While Caffarella and Barnett (2000) indicate that critique is the most influential element in helping learners produce a better writing product, critique can be an emotional event. Cameron, Nairn, and Higgins (2009) note that it proved helpful in their workshops to discuss the emotions that emerged as students prepared to give and receive feedback. What is the role of critique in the development of a researcher and scholar? In what ways can it positively contribute to a learner’s academic success? In what ways can it have a negative effect?
The role of academic critique, at its heart, is to offer a differing perspective that will review and assess the writing. It can be a teacher or professor that does the critique. It can also be a peer that does the critique. The danger, intended or not, when someone else does a critique is that the person receiving the critique will not receive it positively. This can be because the person giving the critique is not delicate and careful to make it clear that there are no bad feelings or bad blood intended by anything negative that is said about the work being covered. However, it can...
Regardless, the person receiving the critique should be empowered to be honest but that person should also be careful to not frame things in the right way. A critic that behaves in the right manner can help the writer see things that perhaps were not noticed before. This can help break bad habits, help improve writing mechanics and otherwise put the writer on a better path. On the other hand, criticism that is poorly done or that is poorly received can send the writer on the wrong path and make them less confident. The key is for both the writer and the critic to proceed from the right perspective and present what they have to say (or listen to) in the right way.
2) How do the voice and tone of doctoral writing differ from the voice and tone of writing at other academic levels? Explain your view. What are some ways that voice and tone can enhance the scholarly image of your writing? Explain.
There are a few things that could be said about that. First, doctoral-level writing is clearly going to be at…
