, you will use Gees idea of discourse communities to look at a career of interest to you. You will use Gees concept of discourse communities to: · Explain the most important values, actions, language, and belief systems of your career o You must also explain WHY these things are valued and how they align or conflict with your own values · Discuss other discourse communities that it is connected to and how it is connected o For example, a police officer is connected to several different discoursescriminals, victims, emergency services (and many more) · Explore a controversial issue in your career and how the controversy is connected to different (but related) discourses or sub discourses in the same field · Explain which parts of the discourse you see as needing to be acquired and which parts you see as needing to be learned and why · Finally, end by discussing your own membership in this discourse o Where do you see yourself in terms of having a full identity kit in this discourse? § You should consid
er and analyze of the aspects of an identity kit o What do you still need to learn and how do you plan to learn it? o What do you still need to acquire and how do you plan to acquire it? o What parts of the discourse conflicts with other discourses you belong to? o What else has stood out to you in learning about this discourse? Special notes: INTRODUCTION: In addition to introducing the career, a successful paper will introduce Gees idea of discourse communities and connect it to the career in the first paragraph (or two) of your paper. GEE AS A FRAMEWORK: Your paper should use Gees ideas as a way to analyze your career as a discourse. You are expected to quote/paraphrase from Gee often. RESEARCH: In order to do this project successfully, you will need to do research about your discourse community. You will need to use at least four outside sources, not including Gee. Requirements: ü Four outside sources in addition to Gee ü Minimum 5 pages ü Either APA or MLA format and citation ü See syllabus for due dates