Friday, September 21, 2007

how do i teach my studnets, wait i dont have any.

Well how does one teach the writing process? Does one use the three writing steps most commonly associated with teaching, pre-writing, writing and revision, or does the teacher use dialogue with the student to get the wanted outcome. There are many compelling cases: some argue that there is a scientific formula to writing, whereas some say that writing can not be taught, but then some argue that the teacher should get out to of the way and the student will learn by doing. Some stressed the pre-writing, but some said that the revision is the most important process, and then there is Breuch. Breuch does not believe that any “process” is the correct way to teach her students how to write, she believes in listening, discussing ideas and trying to meet her students pedagogical needs what a weirdo. There was mention of a scapegoat. Each theory needs some other theory to blame for its problems or for an example of why it does not work. But here’s an idea, maybe all the theories have some real useful truth in them. I would like to argue the “little from column “A”, and a little from column “B”” theory. Here I will attempt to argue that it might be useful to pinch some ideas from each theory and try them out in your classroom. So in a way we can agree with Breuch, who believes in listening to her students and trying to meet her student’s pedagogical needs. If we want to do that, it makes sense to use some of the prewite, write and rewrite, but also to focus on different parts of the process or even let your students run wild and write what they want. I think its up to the teacher to decide which works best.

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