Description:
Practical and accessible, while drawing on a range of relevant research and theory, this text for pre-service and in-service courses teaching writing is distinguished by its dual focus--on teachers as writers and the teaching of writing.
Review Quotes:
"A major strength is combining into one text teacher as writer and teacher as one skilled in pedagogy. The teacher stories about their own writing and their responses to the writing of their peers will inspire teachers in their own writing."
Ruie Pritchard, North Carolina State University, USA
"The strength of this book is in the way it draws together different perspectives and synthesizes research from a broad range of studies, but [is] located within a practical, professional context. It will be useful to pre-service and in-service teachers and any other practitioner with a professional interest in writing."
Debra Myhill, University of Exeter, UK
"This is a welcome book written at a time when we really do need to think more carefully about the nature of writing and how to teach it"
Jenifer Smith, NATE National Writing Project