The Teaching of Writing: Toward a Pedagogy of Questions.

Autor/in	Zamel, Vivian
Titel	The Teaching of Writing: Toward a Pedagogy of Questions.
Quelle	(1989), (26 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; College Students; Educational Environment; English (Second Language); Higher Education; Second Language Instruction; Student Attitudes; Student Experience; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Methods; Writing (Composition); Writing Instruction; Writing Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Collegestudent; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Studienerfahrung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schreibübung; Schreibunterricht
Abstract	Two case studies of student writers of English as a Second Language (ESL), interviewed and observed over a period of two semesters focused on the ways that the students' different experiences affected their reflections about and attitudes toward writing. Teachers and tutors were also interviewed. The three students began the study enrolled in the same college pre-composition course. The students experienced success and frustration according to their skills and classroom environments. It is observed that the initial classroom experience with writing in the pre-composition course followed a model of instruction that discouraged both skilled and unskilled students to think critically, write to explore, generate hypotheses, inquire, and create meaning. The teacher of the second course acknowledged, validated and extended student's contributions. A review of related literature supports the validity of the "pedagogy of questions," of posing a few answerless riddles, which appears to empower both students and teachers in the process of discovery. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01