Edited by Dr Marie Quinn and Dr Brett Healey

Teaching Writers: From Apprentice to Expert brings together leading educators and researchers from Australia and around the world to explore what effective writing instruction looks like in today's classrooms.

Covering teacher knowledge, writing curriculum design and evidence-informed pedagogical practices, this practical resource supports teachers to build confident, capable writers. Each chapter combines research with classroom application, helping educators design writing instruction that is explicit, engaging and purposeful.

Featuring Chapters From

• Professor Beverly Derewianka — Knowing how texts work
• Dr Helen Harper — Writing with subject knowledge
• Dr Tessa Daffern — Spelling assessment and instruction
• Professor Debra Myhill — Grammar as choice: developing writer agency in meaning-making (UK)
• Professor Pauline Jones — Structuring the writing program
• Dr Paul Gardner — Students' engagement and motivation as writers
• Professor Douglas Fisher and Professor Nancy Frey — Assessment of writing (USA)
• Joanne Rossbridge — The mentor text: using literature for writing
• Professor Christine Edwards-Groves and Christine Davidson — Talk for writing: promoting dialogic writing
• Ross Young and Felicity Ferguson — Writing for pleasure (UK)
• Dr Marie Quinn — The teacher and text in new times
• Dr Brett Healey — Teaching writing as a process

Ideal for

• Classroom teachers (Foundation–Year 6)
• Literacy leaders
• Curriculum and instructional leaders
• Assistant principals
• Deputy principals
• Pre-service teachers

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