Summary:
Often teachers enter the Writing Project believing that writing is an opportunity to say what they know, but come to believe that writing is an opportunity to figure out what they know, or to think. These resources offer visions of writing as a way of thinking and reflecting. For leaders who want to support teachers in generative writing, these resources offer various viewpoints on teachers’ writing as reflection and thinking.- Reflection & Reform: Five Myths About Reflective Writing
- A Thousand Writers Writing: Seeking Change through the Radical Practice of Writing as a Way of Being
- Lee Anne Bell Counter the ‘Stock Stories’ Of Race and Racism
- Conversation Currents: Writing: A Mode of Thinking
- Using Metaphor to Explore Writing Processes
This post is part of the NWP Social Practices: Write collection.
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