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Choice, Voice and Process -- Teaching Writing in the 21st Century: Revisiting the Influence of Donald Graves and the Process Approach to Writing
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Wyse, Dominic – English in Australia, 2018
The narrow teaching of writing that had been common in schools for hundreds of years was challenged in the 1980s by 'one of the most seductive writers in the history of writing pedagogy'. Donald Graves's process approach to writing, as it came to be known, was popular in Australia, New Zealand, USA and the UK. At the heart of Graves's approach was…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Process Approach (Writing), Teaching Methods, Student Centered Learning
Commonplace Books: Writing and a Sense of Self in the 21st Century English Classroom
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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
How Long Ago Was My Last Full-Stop? An Experiment in Free-Writing.
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Brown, Lola J. – English in Australia, 1979
Reports on the positive effects of free writing that is followed by rewriting. (RL)
Descriptors: Free Writing, Grade 11, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
A Classroom Experiment in Conferencing to Improve Children's Writing.
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Cormack, Phil – English in Australia, 1981
By "conferencing" ideas in writing, the teacher involves students in the experiment and invites them to join with the teacher in investigating writing. (HOD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Peer Teaching, Small Group Instruction, Student Teacher Relationship
The Writing Revolution.
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Walshe, R. D. – English in Australia, 1982
Describes the features of a process model of writing and efforts to translate the theory into practice. (JL)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Revision (Written Composition)
Not "The Writing Process" But Writing as Process.
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Woods, Claire; Eckert, Ruth – English in Australia, 1984
Describes a six-week writing elective during which students become more confident of their own writing and are free of teacher assessment/judgment. (HOD)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Elective Courses, Secondary Education, Student Participation
Making the Link between Reading and Writing: Experiments for Students and Teachers.
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Beavis, Catherine; Crisp, Katherine – English in Australia, 1986
Relates the evaluation of a secondary school writing program that concentrated on three areas: (1) the level of group participation and group feeling generated in the classroom, (2) the level of security felt by students and teacher within the process approach, and (3) the linking of the students' reading and writing. (HOD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, English Curriculum, Reading Writing Relationship
The Introduction of Conference Writing at Exhibition High School.
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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
A.A.T.E. Guide to English Books 1987.
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English in Australia, 1987
Contains annotations of books from five countries--Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, and United States. Annotations are arranged in following categories: (1) Teaching Theory and Practice; (2) Reading, Writing, and Speaking; (3) Fiction; (4) Poetry; (5) Drama; (6) Course and Source Books; (7) Media and Computers; and (8) Reference Books.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Writing, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education