| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Writing Voices : Creating communities of writers; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: multiple voices; 1. Laying the foundations for teaching writing; Part I: Children as writers; 2. The role of talk; 3. The role of texts; 4. Writing as design; 5. Autonomy and choice; 6. The role of metacognition in writing; Part II: Teachers as writers; 7. Writing teachers; 8. Teachers reviewing writing; Part III: Professional writers; 9. Professional writers: working in schools; 10. Professional writers: writing in the workplace; Conclusion : synthesising voices |
| Summary |
The perspectives of children, teachers and professional writers are often absent in the pedagogy of writing. Writing Voices: Creating Communities of Writers responds to such silent voices and offers a text which not only stretches across primary and secondary practice, but also gives expression to these voices, making a new and significant contribution to understanding what it means to be a writer. Drawing upon recent research projects undertaken by the authors and others in the international research community, this fascinating text considers the nature of composing and the experience of bein |
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| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Language arts -- United States
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Literacy -- United States
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Reading comprehension -- United States
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Language arts
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Literacy
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Reading comprehension
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Myhill, Debra
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| ISBN |
9780203803332 |
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0203803337 |
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