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Once, teachers who knew their content area and knew how to teach it
were respected as professionals. Now there is an additional type of
competency required: in addition to content and pedagogical
knowledge, educators need advocacy skills. In this groundbreaking
collection, literacy educators describe how they are redefining
what it means to be a teaching professional. Teachers share how
they are trying to change the conversation surrounding literacy and
literacy instruction by explaining to colleagues, administrators,
parents and community members why they teach in particular
research-based ways, so often contradicted by mandated curricula
and standardised assessments. Teacher educators also share how they
are introducing an advocacy approach to preservice and practising
teachers, helping prepare teachers for this new professionalism.
Both groups practice what the authors call "everyday advocacy": the
day-to-day actions teachers are taking to change the public
narrative surrounding schools, teachers and learning.
Becoming a Writing Researcher effectively guides students through
the stages of conducting qualitative writing research, from the
initial step of seeing themselves as researchers, to identifying
research questions, selecting appropriate methodological tools,
conducting the research, and interpreting and reporting findings.
Exercises and activities, as well as anecdotes and examples from
both novice and seasoned researchers, serve to acquaint readers
thoroughly with the practice of carrying out research for scholarly
or professional purposes. This second edition introduces students
to research methods in a gradual and contextualized manner. Each
chapter offers a discussion of a particular portion of the research
process, followed by consideration of physical, conceptual, and
strategic tools that allow a master's level researcher to conduct
that part of the research. Sections within each chapter also cover
issues of stance and positionality that impact the researcher and
the resulting research. Becoming a Writing Researcher, second
edition, is an essential text for all novice researchers and is
particularly well suited for use in graduate-level research methods
courses in writing studies and technical communications. It is also
ideal for use in other disciplines with strong qualitative
methodology research programs, including education.
Becoming a Writing Researcher effectively guides students through
the stages of conducting qualitative writing research, from the
initial step of seeing themselves as researchers, to identifying
research questions, selecting appropriate methodological tools,
conducting the research, and interpreting and reporting findings.
Exercises and activities, as well as anecdotes and examples from
both novice and seasoned researchers, serve to acquaint readers
thoroughly with the practice of carrying out research for scholarly
or professional purposes. This second edition introduces students
to research methods in a gradual and contextualized manner. Each
chapter offers a discussion of a particular portion of the research
process, followed by consideration of physical, conceptual, and
strategic tools that allow a master's level researcher to conduct
that part of the research. Sections within each chapter also cover
issues of stance and positionality that impact the researcher and
the resulting research. Becoming a Writing Researcher, second
edition, is an essential text for all novice researchers and is
particularly well suited for use in graduate-level research methods
courses in writing studies and technical communications. It is also
ideal for use in other disciplines with strong qualitative
methodology research programs, including education.
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