The Discovery of Competence: Teaching and Learning with Diverse Student Writers

By Eleanor Kutz and Suzy Groden

Book Overview

The Discovery of Competence shows how the writing classroom can be reconceived as an environment for collaborative inquiry by students and teachers. It presents new ways of thinking about program design, redefines the nature of writing assessment, and offers alternative conceptions of multicultural curriculums. Drawing on students' writing and research, it suggests how teachers can recognize their students' competence and help them build on it systematically. While the book speaks to all teachers of writing, it will be of considerable interest to those who work with diverse student populations, including ESL students. The authors make it clear that the writing classroom is a place where both students and their teachers may build on their competence and realize their possibilities as writers and learners.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0867093234
• ISBN13: 9780867093230
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A great source for teachers

I am a student of English Competence and found this book extemely insightful and practical for any teacher of Composition, especially a teacher of ethnolinguistic minority students. I find that this book integrates theoretical foundation (especially about language acquisition) with practical pedagogical implications that helps any teacher better understand and teach his or her students about English composition.