ERIC Number: EJ1449560
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Sep
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1741-4350
EISSN: EISSN-1741-4369
Implementing Purpose-Studies: A Humanising Approach for Bridging the Spaces between Writers, Their Worlds and the Test
Charlotte L. Land; Alison Eike Elliot; Barbara McKinnon
Literacy, v58 n3 p278-288 2024
Teachers of young writers often feel pressure to focus on narrow, tested conventions, forms and processes of writing. These pressures can contribute to instruction that does not consider students' interests, experiences, language or cultures, but rather can further deficit views of students whose backgrounds do not closely align with those making decisions about what counts as writing in schools. This paper explores purpose-studies--an alternative to genre-studies--Barbara, a fourth-grade teacher, and Alison, a ninth-grade teacher, used to help balance the needs of their students, position students as strong and capable writers and prepare students to write for the test and the world beyond the school walls.
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Grade 4, Grade 9, Writing Teachers, Writing Processes, Writing Workshops, Inquiry, Active Learning, Humanization, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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