Repositioning Research as Writing to Improve Student Learning
| Title: | Repositioning Research as Writing to Improve Student Learning |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Booth, Sara |
| Source: | Australian Journal of Teacher Education. Oct 2007 32(4). |
| Availability: | Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Graduate Students, Writing Processes, Secondary School Teachers, English Teachers, Research Papers (Students), Teacher Improvement, Qualitative Research, Surveys |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| ISSN: | 0313-5373 |
| Abstract: | In recent years teacher education has used the process and practices of research to improve pre-service teachers' pedagogical practices. Pre-service teachers, however, generally prefer to understand the practices of teaching rather than research. This paper considers the writing process rather than the research process as central to the construction of pre-service teachers' subjectivities. It explores the responses of twenty-six Tasmanian Secondary English postgraduate pre-service teachers in 2004 and 2005, drawing on data from research writing projects, surveys and interviews. These responses indicated that when writing is positioned central to the research process it can change pre-service teachers' construction of research and in turn improve pedagogical practice and most importantly student learning. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 58 |
| Entry Date: | 2015 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1069659 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| ISSN: | 0313-5373 |
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| Published in: | Australian Journal of Teacher Education |
| Language: | English |