Author Thomas McCann invites readers to rethink their approach to teaching writing by capitalizing on students' instinctive desire to talk. Drawing on extensive classroom research, he shows teachers how to craft class discussions that build students' skills of analysis, problem-solving, and argumentation as a means of improving student writing. McCann demonstrates how authentic discussions immerse learners in practices that become important when they write. Chapters feature portraits of teachers at work, including transcripts that reveal patterns of talk across a set of lessons. Interviews with the teachers and samples of student writing afford readers a deeper understanding of process. Students also report on how classroom discussions supported their effort to produce persuasive, argument-driven essays.
| ISBN: | 9780807755884 |
| Publication date: | 5th September 2014 |
| Author: | Thomas M McCann |
| Publisher: | Teachers College Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Series: | Language and Literacy Series |
| Genres: |
Educational strategies and policy |
Author Thomas McCann invites readers to rethink their approach to teaching writing by capitalizing on students' instinctive desire to talk. Drawing on extensive classroom research, he shows teachers how to craft class discussions that build students' skills of analysis, problem-solving, and argumentation as a means of improving student writing. McCann demonstrates how authentic discussions immerse learners in practices that become important when they write. Chapters feature portraits of teachers at work, including transcripts that reveal patterns of talk across a set of lessons. Interviews with the teachers and samples of student writing afford readers a deeper understanding of process. Students also report on how classroom discussions supported their effort to produce persuasive, argument-driven essays.
Transforming Talk Into Text features in the following genres: Educational strategies and policy
Transforming Talk Into Text is available in Paperback
Transforming Talk Into Text was written by Thomas M McCann and published by Teachers College Press
Transforming Talk Into Text has 176 pages
Yes it is part of Language and Literacy Series series