The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development

Roger Beard, Debra Myhill, Jeni Riley, Martin Nystrand, Roger Beard, Debra Myhill, Jeni Riley, Martin Nystrand

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9781412948463
• eBook ISBN: 9781848600386
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Teaching Methods for Reading

Writing development is currently the focus of substantial international debate because it is the aspect of literacy education that has been least responsive to central government and state reforms. Teaching approaches in writing have been slower to change than those in teaching reading and pupil attainment in writing has increased at a much more modest rate than pupil attainment in reading.

This handbook critically examines research and theoretical issues that impact on writing development from the early years through to adulthood. It provides those researching or teaching literacy with one of the most academically authoritative and comprehensive works in the field. With expert contributors from across the world, the book represents a detailed and valuable overview of a complex area of study.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• General Introduction
• 1The History of Writing
• SECTION I
• 2 Modelling the Development of Written Composition
• 3 Writing about What We Know: Generating Ideas in Writing
• 4 From Idea to Text
• 5 Revision Processes
• 6 A Sociocultural Framework: Writing as Social Practice
• 7 Developing Discourse Roles and Positionings – An Ecological Theory of Writing Development
• 8 Writing: A Critical Literacy Perspective
• 9 Multiple Literacies and Multi-literacies
• 10 Writing as Linguistic Mastery: The Development of Genre-Based Literacy Pedagogy
• 11 Writing in a Multimodal World of Representation
• 12 Grammar and Writing – The International Debate
• 13 How Linguistics Can Inform the Teaching of Writing
• SECTION II
• 14 Early Written Communication
• 15 Writing in Childhood Worlds
• 16 Agency and Platform: The Relationships between Talk and Writing
• 17 Learning to Use Alphabetic Writing
• 18 Developing an Understanding of Punctuation
• 19 The Critical Role Handwriting Plays in the Ability to Produce High-Quality Written Text
• 20 Engaging and Motivating Children to Write
• 21 Writing and Popular Culture
• SECTION III
• 22 Morphemes and Children’s Spelling
• 23 Measuring Maturity
• 24 The Architecture of Textuality: A Semiotic View of Composing in and out of School
• 25 The Content of Students’ Writing
• 26 Creativity and Constraint: Developing as a Writer of Poetry
• 27 Becoming A Designer: Trajectories of Linguistic Development
• 28 Writing through College:Self-efficacy and Instruction
• 29 Toward a New Understanding for Classroom Writing Assessment
• 30 The Role of Readers in Writing Development: Writing Students Bringing Their Texts to the Test
• SECTION IV
• 31 The Expansion of Second Language Writing
• 32 Meeting the Needs of Advanced Multilingual Writers
• 33 Causes of Delays and Difficulties in the Production of Written Text
• 34 The Contested Materialities of Writing in Digital Environments: Implications for Writing Development
• 35 Hypertext and Writing
• 36 Developing Writing in a High-Stakes Environment
• 37 Writing in the Wider Community
• 38 Reflections on the Future of Writing Development
• Index