Pedagogy Oct 2012

What New Writing Teachers Talk About When They Talk About Teaching

Heidi Estrem ; E. Shelley Reid

Abstract

This article explores findings from a multiyear, multisite study of new college writing instructors. First, the authors describe the principles that guide new instructors’ teaching and reveal the number of resources that new instructors draw on beyond the pedagogy seminar. Second, they delineate how the kinds of classroom narratives these instructors choose to tell points to a range of understandings about what it means to teach writing. Finally, they argue that learning to teach writing is a complex process requiring sustained mentoring and support throughout the early years of teaching.

Journal
Pedagogy
Published
2012-10-01
DOI
10.1215/15314200-1625253
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first-year composition writing pedagogy teacher development
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