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‘Developing Early Literacy presents an interesting range of literacy-related topics which address issues of current importance to early years practice and, in places, question current thinking. There is an excellent balance of theoretical background and case study examples which would make this a relevant and practical text for both students and early years professionals.’
Chapter 12: Empowering Young Writers
Empowering Young Writers
Empowering young writers
Chapter Objectives
- to discuss the theories relating to the writing process
- to understand, via two case studies, how children's writing can be affected by particular pedagogies and assessment strategies
- to consider ways in which we can empower young writers.
This Chapter will Cover:
- a discussion of the writing process
- what is meant by ‘school’ writing and the implications of a particular approach to this
- particular issues relating to writing, leading to suggestions of how we might empower young writers.
The Writing Process
Writing is a hard (Stainthorp, 2002), complex process (Yarrow and Topping, 2001; Medwell et al., 2009) and full of paradoxes (Sharples, 1999). Scholars have long attempted to analyse and describe its unique properties, recognising that, although its signs represent speech (Olson, 2009), it is ...
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