Helping Pre-Service Content-Area Teachers to See Themselves As Teachers of Writing
Abstract
In this paper, we experimented with a writers' workshop with pre-service content- area teachers to assess its impact on writers’ attitudes. Three classes of Education majors (n=92) were administered a survey to gauge attitudes towards writing. Next, in a smaller group of two classes (47 students) we introduced a writers' workshop, gave a detailed test of writing attitudes both before and after the writers' workshop, along with a content analysis of those students’ portfolio self assessments. In the survey, a majority of education majors reported a negative experience with writing. For those part of the writers' workshop, students scored higher on several dimensions of writer enjoyment, confidence, and evaluation - the content analysis of the portfolios supported those findings.
Recommended Citation
Hollander, Pam
(2017)
"Helping Pre-Service Content-Area Teachers to See Themselves As Teachers of Writing,"
Ohio Journal of Teacher Education: Vol. 31:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/ojte/vol31/iss1/6
