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Writing and the Writer (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Writing and the Writer (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Exploring the relationship between the writer and what he/she
happens to be writing, this text by one of the foremost scholars in
the field of literacy and cognition is a unique and original
examination of writing--as a craft and as a cognitive activity. The
book is concerned with the physical activity of writing, the way
the nervous system recruits the muscles to move the pen or
manipulate the typewriter. It considers the necessary disciplines
of writing, such as knowledge of the conventions of grammar,
spelling, and punctuation. In particular, there is a concern with
how the skills underlying all these aspects of writing are learned
and orchestrated.
This second edition includes many new insights from the author's
significant experience and from recent research, providing a
framework for thinking about the act of writing in both theoretical
and practical ways. A completely new chapter on computers and
writing is included, as well as more about the role of reading in
learning to write, about learning to write at all ages, and about
such controversial issues as whether and how genre theory should be
taught.
Written in nontechnical language, this text will continue to be
accessible and stimulating to a wide range of readers concerned
with writing, literacy, thinking, and education. Furthermore, it
has an educational orientation, therefore proving relevant and
useful to anyone who teaches about writing or endeavors to teach
writing.
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