Writing isn’t easy, but it can be a source of huge pleasure and satisfaction for the writer. Drawing on their own Writing For Pleasure pedagogy, Ross Young and Phil Ferguson will explain how and why developing yourself as a writer-teacher (a teacher who writes) is personally enriching and also contributes significantly to your effectiveness as a teacher of writing.
They will then go on to show how the very youngest of children in Nursery and Reception classes are already ready to begin their journey as autonomous and independent writers, who make and share meaning through the daily crafting of books of their own. This part of today’s session will be of particular interest to Primary School teachers in the Early Years Foundation Stage and in Key Stage 1, but the concept of a writer-teacher is clearly relevant to all practitioners right through to Year 11.
Phil and Ross are experienced Primary School teachers who have worked together for a number of years investigating what global research, including many case studies of the best-performing practitioners, tells us are the most effective writing-teaching practices. On the basis of this evidence, Phil and Ross have established the Writing For Pleasure pedagogy.
They are the founders of the Writing for Pleasure Centre, write extensively for teachers on their website, and run training programmes for schools who wish to develop their own practice in line with the principles of world-class writing teaching. They both hold Masters’ degrees in Applied Linguistics in Education, and Ross is currently studying for a PhD in writing motivation with the National Literacy Trust.
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