Thursday, August 9, 2007

LRA- Doing the write thing

I. Title: Doing the Write ThingII. Author: Linda RiefIII. Author's Purpose for Writing The author reflects on the need for writing and poetry in the classroom for students living on the fray.IV. What are the points made in the review of the literature? Do they support the need for the study?
Students have something to say.
Reading allows us to see the world differently, but so can writing.

V. Author's Inquiry Question/s
How can we use writing to promote empathic understanding?VI. Author's MethodologyA. Who is being studied? Her studentsB. Over what length of time? Not specifiedC. What data is being collected: samples of writingD. How is it being analyzed? subjectivelyE. Any other interesting or pertinent dataVII. How the author collected information, samples of writingVIII. What the Author Discovered or Conclusions/Implications
It is crucial to help each student find their inner voice- what they want to say, what they value, etc. She believes that this is the only way that students can begin to see and experience what their classmates are experiencing and begin to know and understand each other.

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