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Autor/inn/en | Alexander, Jonathan; Lunsford, Karen; Whithaus, Carl |
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Titel | Toward Wayfinding: A Metaphor for Understanding Writing Experiences |
Quelle | In: Written Communication, 37 (2020) 1, S.104-131 (28 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0741-0883 |
DOI | 10.1177/0741088319882325 |
Schlagwörter | Writing Research; Writing Processes; Writing (Composition); Writing Skills; Skill Development; Figurative Language; Literacy; Lifelong Learning; Ecology; Transfer of Training; Writing Across the Curriculum |
Abstract | In this essay, we map out four major approaches to the study of writing experiences: (a) worlds apart, (b) literacy in the wild, (c) ecologies and networks, and (d) transfer. We examine how the primary metaphors used in each approach have contributed to our field's understanding of writing. In focusing on specific dimensions of writing, each framework privileges a different aspect of the writing process, writing development, and/or writers' context(s). Building on these approaches, we propose the concept of "wayfinding" to emphasize how writers navigate their own writing development, skills acquisition, and changing knowledge about writing over time. Wayfinding offers a metaphor that resonates with recent work on lifelong learning and meaningful writing. Among other characteristics, "wayfinding" emphasizes how writers encounter a continuous potentiality in writing and how they navigate unanticipated challenges and opportunities. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2020/1/01 |