SWIFT Beginnings -- Exploring the Effectiveness and Transformative Character of a Summer Writing Institute for Teachers (SWIFT)

Autor/in	Farrell, Alison
Titel	SWIFT Beginnings -- Exploring the Effectiveness and Transformative Character of a Summer Writing Institute for Teachers (SWIFT)
Quelle	In: Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 56 (2019) 2, S.229-238 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-3297
Schlagwörter	Summer Programs; Program Effectiveness; Transformative Learning; Writing Workshops; Foreign Countries; Faculty Development; Teacher Collaboration; Communities of Practice; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Writing Instruction; Learning Experience; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sommerkurs; Pädagogische Transformation; Ausland; Lehrerkooperation; Community; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schreibunterricht; Lernerfahrung; Irland
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to describe, examine, and make a case for the value of a Continuing Professional Development week-long summer institute offered to teachers from across the education continuum -- from early childhood, through primary, secondary, further and higher education. At the institute participants could meet, learn and share good practice about their own writing and the teaching of writing. The institute was inspired by the United States National Writing Project model and was designed by staff of the Maynooth University Writing Centre, in partnership with the Bay Area Writing Project, University of California Berkeley, and in consultation with a range of Irish teaching and learning networks. This paper presents the background to and rationale for the institute, considers its effectiveness in terms of the model, the 'personality' and the impact of the summer institute, and suggests how the summer institute is transformative for participants. [This article was co-authored by MUA SWIFT. MUA SWIFT is the authorial persona of the SWIFT 2014 participants: Donna Callan, Dan Campion, Christina Clarke, Eileen Condon, Josephine Donohoe, Louise Donohoe, Mary Galligan, Claire Heylin, Kristin Land, Mary Lowry, Niamh Mac Alister, Ferdia MacAnna, Deirdre McClay, Chris McCormack, Clair Ni Aonghusa, Aingeal Ni Mhurchu, Margaret O'Brien, Ann O'Regan, Greta Vollmer, and Patricia Wall.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01