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ERIC Number: EJ614408
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
The Struggle Itself: Teaching Writing as We Know We Should.
Thomas, P. L.
English Journal, v90 n1 p39-45 Sep 2000
Asks what English teachers must do to improve their quest for fostering vivid, dynamic, original, and thoughtful writers. Argues that conceptual shifts must occur, more people must be educated about writing and learning to write, research from the past must fuel future research, a unified conceptual writing curriculum must be implemented, and classroom practices must be dynamically reshaped. (SR)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Politics of Education, Writing Instruction, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme: Teaching Writing in the Twenty-First Century.