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About this Masterclass

This masterclass will cover contemporary writing pedagogy using an extended analogy that compares the ways in which writing is like cooking.

Benefits of attending

The session aims to equip participants with the knowledge and strategies to:

  • Understand how writing works through the writing-thinking-learning connection (Writing makes thinking visible and deepens learning)
  • Convince their students that coherent, compelling writing will guarantee their students’ survival in the academy and success in their future profession/s
  • Encourage students to enhance their writing self-efficacy (gain confidence in their competence)
  • Convince students that knowledgeable and incremental practice in writing the documents required in their discipline will improve the effectiveness of their writing for their purposes and their readers
  • Provide useful guidance and feedback on their students’ writing via a style-analysis matrix and rubrics.

Presenter

Professor Roslyn Petelin

 

About ITaLI Teaching Masterclass Series

The ITaLI Teaching Masterclass Series provides a venue for inspirational and successful teachers to share effective approaches and best practices for teaching. Each Masterclass aims to assist attendees in learning tangible, practical skills that help them build on their existing expertise to excel in teaching for 21st-century students. If you have any suggestions or feedback on how we can improve the series, please contact us using this feedback form or email Dr Hassan Khosravi.

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