'Doing' Persuading: Actively Constructing Knowledge, Voice and Self

Autor/in	Davies, Molly
Titel	'Doing' Persuading: Actively Constructing Knowledge, Voice and Self
Quelle	In: Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 25 (2018) 3, S.264-274 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1358-684X
DOI	10.1080/1358684X.2018.1482738
Schlagwörter	Self Concept; English Instruction; High Stakes Tests; Test Preparation; Persuasive Discourse; Writing Instruction; Authors; Language Tests; Concept Formation; Student Empowerment; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Achievement Tests; Exit Examinations; Creativity; Play; National Curriculum; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Schreibunterricht; Author; Autor; Autorin; Language test; Sprachtest; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Studienberechtigung; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Kreativität; Spiel; Großbritannien
Abstract	I explore a series of incidents in my English classroom, which occurred while I was preparing my students for their high-stakes GCSE English Language exam ('Paper 2: Writers' viewpoints and perspectives'). I thereby attempt to confront some of my own failings and biases with regard to non-fiction and the teaching of persuasive writing in particular, as well as to unleash the huge potential I now believe it offers, when combined with the multi-voiced space of a classroom, for creative play and the productive skills of English. In doing so I argue, drawing on Vygotskian notions of the internalisation of concepts and the developmental benefits of play, that in order for truly 'productive' learning to occur, students need agency and a sense of empowerment to construct knowledge together, and to experiment with and develop their understanding of and flexibility with their own 'voice'. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01