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Healey, Brett; Gardner, Paul – English in Australia, 2022
Writing involves a complex web of deliberations as writers make specific choices from their repertoire of grammatical resources. However, curriculum and assessment criteria that favour top-down prescriptions of writing marginalise the agency of the writer (Gardner, 2012). Conversely, we posit a bottom-up process that integrates grammar teaching…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Grammar, Writing Processes, Writing Instruction
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Griffiths, Pauline – English in Australia, 2018
The ancient literary form of commonplace books offers rich possibilities to students and teachers of English in Australian schools in the 21st century. By briefly tracing early uses of commonplace books and examining contemporary approaches to the teaching of writing, this paper re-imagines the 15th century commonplace book as a personal learning…
Descriptors: Self Concept, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Books
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Webb, Grahame – English in Australia, 1980
A scientist explains the processes he uses to draft and redraft articles for scientific journals. (RL)
Descriptors: Authors, Cognitive Processes, Scientists, Writing Processes
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Arnold, Roslyn – English in Australia, 1982
Argues that observations and an analysis of 245 letters written by elementary school students support the idea that writers and learners do know how to promote their own self-development. (JL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Self Actualization, Self Concept
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Gambell, Trevor J. – English in Australia, 1984
Argues that literacy development should focus on thinking and speaking skills so that students can critically evaluate the oral and written rhetoric in their daily lives and become more articulate and lucid communicators. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
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Gordon, Suzanne – English in Australia, 1986
Emphasizes the importance of participatory, consultative interaction among teachers using the Conference Writing Process (CWP) in the classroom. Describes CWP as inclusive of gender, class, and ethnicity. Discusses how CWP actively involves students in talking, reading, and writing. Considers the appropriateness of this method at one high school.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Group Activities