Ross Young Writing for Pleasure : Theory, Research & Practice Paperback Book

This book explores what writing for pleasure means, and how it can be realised as a muchneeded pedagogy whose aim is to develop children, young people, and their teachers as extraordinary and lifelong writers. The approach described is grounded in what global research has long been telling us are the most effective ways of teaching writing and contains a description of the authors own research project into what exceptional teachers of writing do that makes the difference. The authors describe ways of building communities of committed and successful writers who write with purpose, power, and pleasure, and they underline the importance of the affective aspects of writing teaching, including promoting in apprentice writers a sense of selfefficacy, agency, selfregulation, volition, motivation, and writeridentity. They define and discuss 14 researchinformed principles which constitute a Writing for Pleasure pedagogy and show how they are applied by teachers in classroom practice. Case studies of outstanding teachers across the globe further illustrate what worldclass writing teaching is. This groundbreaking text is essential reading for anyone who is concerned about the current status and nature of writing teaching in schools. The rich Writing for Pleasure pedagogy presented here is a radical new conception of what it means to teach young writers effectively today. | Ross Young Writing for Pleasure : Theory, Research & Practice Paperback Book