Greene and Klein have two different views on the types of research conducive to learning. Greene suggests a “conversation model of argument.” He says that every argument you make is connected to other arguments and therefore we need to use the information we have to enable us to enter into conversations. On page 12 of Writing and Writing, he specifically points out his view by saying, “We are not just educated by concepts and facts that we learn in school. We are educated by the people around us and the environments we live in every day.”
On the other hand, Klein proposes a different point of view for learning. He suggests a hunting and gathering method. Klein believes the process is segmented into four stages; collect data, sift the data rhetorically, seek patterns in the data and translate their findings into research. He encourages writing two and for your peers and promotes genuine reading in classrooms that provides research that maybe a library cannot provide. He thinks this will not only help with learning, but also “extend the range of academic writing.” Klein specifically says, “research is writing.”
I think the audiences are somewhat the same, and somewhat different. Greene is talking to college age students, or generally anyone is an academic setting. Klein is addressing professors and people at a high academic level than students. He gives suggestions to them about what to change in the classroom, as opposed to the students themselves. The content changes because of the way it is found. I think Greene’s approach is more idealistic because we learn from others around us, and conversing with one another ensures we reach a broad range of ideas for each subject. With Kleins’ approach there are less of a range or variety of information, I think, because there is much more information out there besides what is written in books.
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