Post 3: Greene and Kleine

The first article by Stuart Greene describes his mode of research as research by argument.  One's research is based upon the idea of acting as though they are inserting themselves in a conversation.  Everything he/she researches has been discussed and he/she is only getting swept into the conversation for a little while.  One must understand what the topic is all about and what is important.  Evidence and reason are needed to back up one's view of the conversation. Implementing a frame (perspective) is very important.

The second article by Michael Kleine refers to research as hunting and gathering.  One collects data and reviews it to find what is (un)important.  Patterns are searched for in the useful data acquired and these findings are translated into writing.

They each seem to be very fond of the mode of research they wrote about.  Neither expressed doubts about their methods.  Greene addressed a young adult audience experiencing college and having assignments of research writing in their classes.  Essentially, both are for college students.  Greene purposefully writes to people of that age.  Kleine writes to professors, yet he writes to them with the idea that if they will change and expand upon their researching techniques, students will follow since professors are their role models.  Students are indirectly targeted.  While both articles were informative in their own ways, Greene's was more like reading an assignment.  It is as though he is saying, this is the proper way to conduct research and write about it.  It felt like the typical professor talking to a student.  On the other hand, Kleine's article was more story-like as he addresses other professors by referring to himself and the intended readers as 'us.'  I felt as though he was my friend discussing this really awesome and interesting experiment.  Listening to his journey that led him to his findings was a new perspective and interesting perspective.

I honestly enjoyed reading Kleine's article more so than Greene's even though I was not his actual intended audience.  I think part of me liked his experiment because he was saying proper books and variety of materials are great for research, but the hunting and gathering is also a student's independent work.  We are all going to do it a little bit differently based on who we are.  I feel it is easier to improve upon who one is than to completely change our style to a process Greene describes. I do not disagree with Greene.  I think research by argument is a good process, but it is probably a little less like how I think about conducting research.