Language and Education, 7000 words

Writing Pedagogy

Clare had written the scheme of work for my visit, using it as “a really good excuse to try and challenge myself and do something a little bit off the wall”. In this respect, it is not necessarily representative of her usual practice, but is more closely aligned to what she would like to be able to do in the classroom. Objectives were not made explicit in the plans, but the aims are given in Table 1.

[Table 1 near here]
Clare’s approach to teaching writing in this scheme was embedded in notions of creativity and personal expression. It was characterised by pedagogical features outlined in Table 2.
[Table 2 near here]