A Students Guide To Academic And Professional Writing In Education

Author : Katie O. Arosteguy
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807777951
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Student's Guide to Academic and Professional Writing in Education written by Katie O. Arosteguy and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise handbook helps educators write for the rhetorical situations they will face as students of education, and as preservice and practicing teachers. It provides clear and helpful advice for responding to the varying contexts, audiences, and purposes that arise in four written categories in education: classroom, research, credential, and stakeholder writing. The book moves from academic to professional writing and chapters include a discussion of relevant genres, mentor texts with salient features identified, visual aids, and exercises that ask students to apply their understanding of the concepts. Readers learn about the scholarly and qualitative research processes prevalent in the field of education and are encouraged to use writing to facilitate change that improves teaching and learning conditions. “At the heart of this book is a commitment to the value of teachers’ voices.” —From the Foreword by Mya Poe, director, Writing Program, Northeastern University “This book is one tool to help prospective educators embrace all the writing that is to come.” —Anne Elrod Whitney, Penn State College of Education “The authors know the questions students might ask and the places where they might misstep. The book is supportive, analytical, logically sequenced, clear, and student friendly.” —Tim Dewar, UC Santa Barbara

Author : Katie O. Arosteguy
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807761230
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Student's Guide to Academic and Professional Writing in Education written by Katie O. Arosteguy and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise handbook helps educators write for the rhetorical situations they will face as students of education, and as preservice and practicing teachers. It provides clear and helpful advice for responding to the varying contexts, audiences, and purposes that arise in four written categories in education: classroom, research, credential, and stakeholder writing. The book moves from academic to professional writing and chapters include a discussion of relevant genres, mentor texts with salient features identified, visual aids, and exercises that ask students to apply their understanding of the concepts. Readers learn about the scholarly and qualitative research processes prevalent in the field of education and are encouraged to use writing to facilitate change that improves teaching and learning conditions. Book Features: · Presents a rhetorical approach to writing in education. · Includes detailed student samples for each of the four major categories of writing. · Articulates writing as a core intellectual responsibility of teachers. · Details the library and qualitative research process using examples from education. · Includes many user-friendly features, such as reflection questions and writing prompts.

Author : Michael O'Brien Moran
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780132572040
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Student's Guide to Academic Writing written by Michael O'Brien Moran and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Note: If you are purchasing¿an¿electronic version, MyWritingLab does not come automatically packaged with it. To purchase MyWritingLab , please visit www.mywritinglab.com. A Student's Guide to Academic Writing assists college and university students as they learn to write an academic essay in a new writing environment. Placing an emphasis on decision making and problem solving, the authors teach students to identify the writing purpose, the audience, and the decisions they need to make to both fulfill the writing purpose and satisfy the intended audience. This unique approach empowers students by teaching them the skills necessary to make effective decisions about their own writing and thus become more effective writers.

Author : Andrew P. Johnson
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 1461676495
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short Guide to Academic Writing written by Andrew P. Johnson and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2003-03-17 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Short Guide to Academic Writing de-mystifies the process of writing and describes everything that is needed to write in an academic and professional style. Contained are instructions related to the writing process and what the product should look like. Written in a crisp, concise style, Andrew Johnson makes these ideas easily accessible to readers of all levels of writing experience. This text contains information that is appropriate for any undergraduate or graduate student who is learning to write academic papers or professional documents using APA (5th edition) style.

Author : Sheryl I. Fontaine
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing Your Way Through College written by Sheryl I. Fontaine and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing academic essays in college often seems mysterious to students who do not yet understand the process of developing an idea into a finished piece of reasoned prose. Writing Your Way Through College demystifies that process and enables teachers to help students "invent the university" as they reinvent themselves as proficient writers and rhetorical problem solvers. Writing Your Way Through College offers instructors a set of careful lessons that draw on current disciplinary knowledge in composition and rhetoric. Sheryl Fontaine and Cherryl Smith provide a classroom-centered text that guides students through progressively more complex, evidence-based writing. Writing Your Way Through College offers students and teachers: practical lessons on writing and learning a set of assignments that build incrementally a support system for new instructors accessible information about college writing a flexible approach to the classroom. In a concise, readable format, Writing Your Way Through College offers insights into how individuals negotiate language communities so that students can better master the conventions and rhetorical characteristics of academic writing. A creative and effective template for the teaching of writing, Writing Your Way Through College belongs on every shelf and in every classroom.

Author : Dean of the School of Business Margot Northey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780195443721
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense in Education written by Dean of the School of Business Margot Northey and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Sense in Education is an indispensable guide for students preparing to become teachers. This unique volume offers up-to-date, detailed information on proper grammar, punctuation, and documentation, while also addressing education-specific topics such as writing report cards, compilingeducational portfolios, communicating with parents, and more.

Author : Rebecca Austin
Publisher : Learning Matters
ISBN 13 : 152648336X
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trainee Teacher′s Guide to Academic Assignments written by Rebecca Austin and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book supports trainee teachers with their written assignments. It helps students to approach their academic writing with confidence, to fully demonstrate what they know and to ′ace′ assignments! It explains: 1. The value and purpose of assignments - making the writing process easier and more effective from the start 2. How to read and write academically - with practical, ‘how to’ support 3. How to respond to marking and feedback to improve your grades - developing your academic identity and your knowledge and performance for teaching Teacher training is challenging. Balancing teaching with academic work is hard work. This book is here to help.

Author : Stephen A. Bernhardt
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN 13 : 1319230830
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Writing in Education written by Stephen A. Bernhardt and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Writing in Education, part of the Writer’s Help Guidebook Series, offers writing and research support for students writing in the discipline. This compact yet comprehensive guidebook provides the value students want with the essential instruction they need to complete writing tasks successfully. Students will find advice on how to think, read, research, and design and write papers, and projects and presentations like an education professional. Coverage includes the following topics, all focused on the specific needs of writers in education: Writing process Conventions in the discipline Integrating and evaluating sources Documentation style required in the discipline--with plenty of models Sample student writing

Author : Janet C. Richards
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135616221
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doing Academic Writing in Education written by Janet C. Richards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-21 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clear, reader-friendly book is carefully designed to help readers gain confidence and acquire competence in their academic writing abilities. It focuses on real people as they write and actively involves readers in the writing process. The authors' innovative approach encourages reflection on how professional writing initiatives connect to the personal self. For pre-service and in-service teachers, graduate students, school administrators, educational specialists, and all others involved in the educational enterprise, effective writing is important to professional success. Organized to help the reader move progressively and confidently forward as a writer of academic prose, Doing Academic Writing in Education: Connecting the Personal and the Professional features: *activities to engage readers in connecting their writing endeavors to their personal selves, and in discovering their own writing attitudes, behaviors, strengths, and problem areas; *practical applications to inform and support the reader's writing initiatives--including opportunities to engage in invention strategies, to begin a draft, to revise and edit a piece of writing that is personally and professionally important, and to record reflections about writing; *the voices of the authors and of graduate students who are pursuing a variety of academic writing tasks--to serve as models for the reader's writing endeavors; and *writing samples and personal stories about writing shared by experts in various contexts--offering hints about conditions, self-reflections, and habits that help them write effectively. All students and professionals in the field of education will welcome the distinctive focus in this book on connecting the personal and the professional, and the wealth of practical applications and opportunities for reflection it provides.

Author : Randall VanderMey
Publisher : Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 9781337284523
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching written by Randall VanderMey and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining streamlined instruction in the writing process with outstanding accessibility, THE COLLEGE WRITER is a fully updated four-in-one book-with a rhetoric, a reader, a research guide, and a handbook-for users at any skill level. Throughout the book, numerous student and professional writing samples highlight important features of academic writing-from voice to documentation-and offer models for users' own papers. The fifth edition features a greater focus on writing across the curriculum, further supported within the research chapters by additional coverage of report writing, primary research, and avoiding plagiarism. Each student text is packaged with a free Cengage Essential Reference Card to the MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.