Teaching Writing Reading Learning Leader. Examine and apply theories and best practices to improve the teaching of writing to students of all grade levels and disciplines, in and out of a formal school environment.

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Spezialisierung Teaching WritingJohns Hopkins University

Was Sie lernen werden

Theories and practical methods to teach writing to students of all grade levels in all disciplines and situations.

What the writing process is and how it can help improve student writing.

How writing as discovery, low-stakes writing and reflection can help students grow more comfortable and confident as writers.

Reasons why students might be reluctant writers, and tools and techniques to help them become more comfortable and confident as writers.

Kompetenzen, die Sie erwerben

reflection
Writing
Curriculum Design
Teaching
Critical Thinking
mentor texts
conferencing
scaffolding lessons
teaching reluctant writers
Teaching Creative Writing
Teaching Reading and Writing
Teaching Personal Writing

Über dieses Spezialisierung

1.519 kürzliche Aufrufe

This specialization will provide learners with proven methods to improve the writing of students of all ages, in all situations, including K through University classrooms as well as homeschooling, tutoring, in business and the private sector. In four courses and a final project, you’ll learn effective theories and practices to teach writing that you can adapt to your own teaching situation and needs. You’ll learn how to teach writing as process, how to reach even the most reluctant writers, how to help students construct specific texts and make the reading/writing connection, and how to respond to and assess student writing in ways that are meaningful to both teacher and student. If you use writing in your teaching, or want to, this specialization will provide you with tools and practices you can use with your students right away.

Praktisches Lernprojekt

Learners will examine and adapt best practices in the teaching of writing to meet their own students’ needs and situations, regardless of grade level, discipline or skill level. They will create activities and lesson plans designed to help their students improve their writing skills, and will reflect on the theories and values that guide their teaching.

Zertifikat zur Vorlage

Erhalten Sie nach Abschluss ein Zertifikat

Kurse, die komplett online stattfinden

Beginnen Sie sofort und lernen Sie in Ihrem eigenen Tempo.

Flexibler Zeitplan

Festlegen und Einhalten flexibler Termine.

Stufe „Anfänger“

Teaching experience, or a desire to become a teacher in the future, and to use writing in some capacity with your students, whether within or outside a formal school environment, and regardless of grade level or discipline.

Etwa 5 Monate bis zum Abschluss

Empfohlenes Lerntempo: 5 Stunden/Woche

Englisch

Untertitel: Englisch

Zertifikat zur Vorlage

Erhalten Sie nach Abschluss ein Zertifikat

Kurse, die komplett online stattfinden

Beginnen Sie sofort und lernen Sie in Ihrem eigenen Tempo.

Flexibler Zeitplan

Festlegen und Einhalten flexibler Termine.

Stufe „Anfänger“

Etwa 5 Monate bis zum Abschluss

Empfohlenes Lerntempo: 5 Stunden/Woche

Englisch

Untertitel: Englisch

So funktioniert die Spezialisierung

Kurse absolvieren

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Praxisprojekt

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Es gibt 5 Kurse in dieser Spezialisierung

Kurs1

Kurs 1

Teaching Writing Process

Half a century ago, a revolution took place in the teaching of writing. Educators asked, “What if we were to study how professional writers wrote, as a way to learn how we might teach writing more effectively?” The result was the writing process movement, with its emphasis on not just writing as product but as process. Good writing doesn’t magically appear, nor does it spring from the brain fully formed and perfect the first time. Instead, all writers engage in a process, and while that process can vary writer to writer, some stages do seem to apply, in some way, to almost every writing situation. This course demonstrates how teaching writing as process can lead to a significant increase in students’ comfort level and confidence as writers. Learners will examine methods for teaching writing as discovery, and for using low-stakes writing and reflection in their classes. They’ll fill their toolbox with practical strategies and techniques for teaching writing to students of any age, in any situation.

Kurs2

Kurs 2

Teaching Reluctant Writers

All educators will encounter students who struggle with writing. This course first focuses on the reasons student writers may be reluctant and then provides learners with a variety of strategies and practices to help reluctant writers develop a greater comfort and confidence with writing. Learners will examine classroom relationships, mentoring, scaffolding, conferencing, low-risk writing and mini-lessons, all tools and techniques that can be brought right into the classroom to help struggling writers increase student participation and success in writing. They'll conduct their own study of one reluctant writer and use their learning to help create a plan for teaching reluctant writers in their current and future classrooms.

Kurs3

Kurs 3

Teaching Texts and Forms

The first job of any writer is to get words down on paper, and teaching writing as process helps students gain the fluency, comfort and confidence they need to succeed at any writing task. But complex, comprehensive writing tasks often bring with them specific expectations and conventions the writer must address to be successful. This course will examine some of those more comprehensive writing tasks: personal essays; argument, analysis and other forms of transactional writing; and creative writing. Learners will also identify strategies for supporting the reading/writing connection and practical assignments for engaging students in writing around texts.

Kurs4

Kurs 4

Responding, Revising and Assessing Student Writings

When writers write, readers respond. Responding to student writing gives teachers one of the most meaningful avenues to help students learn and grow. In this module, learners will identify best practices in effectively responding to student writing. You will also define revision, identify how revision differs from editing, and examine strategies for teaching students how to engage in effective revision. Finally, because writing can also be used for testing, and because all students learn in increments over time, learners will identify a number of strategies for evaluating and assessing student writing, both for individual writings and a student writer’s progress over a period of time. Learners will also consider ways to involve students in both the responding and assessment processes. At the conclusion of this course, learners will have a toolbox full of strategies and practices for these three significant components of any writing class: responding to, revising and assessing student writing.

Dozent

Mark Farrington

Assistant Director

MA in Teaching Writing Program

1.411 Lernende

5 Kurse

von

Johns Hopkins University

The mission of The Johns Hopkins University is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for life-long learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Wie erfolgen Rückerstattungen?
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Kann ich mich auch nur für einen Kurs anmelden?
Ja! Um loszulegen, klicken Sie auf die Kurskarte, die Sie interessiert, und melden Sie sich an. Sie können sich anmelden und den Kurs absolvieren, um ein teilbares Zertifikat zu erwerben, oder Sie können als Gast teilnehmen, um die Kursmaterialien gratis einzusehen. Wenn Sie einen Kurs abonnieren, der Teil einer Spezialisierung ist, abonnieren Sie automatisch die gesamte Spezialisierung. Auf Ihrem Kursteilnehmer-Dashboard können Sie Ihren Fortschritt verfolgen.
Ist finanzielle Unterstützung möglich?
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
Kann ich kostenlos an diesem Kurs teilnehmen?
Wenn Sie sich für den Kurs anmelden, erhalten Sie Zugriff auf alle Kurse in der Spezialisierung und Sie erwerben ein Zertifikat, wenn Sie die Arbeit abschließen. Wenn Sie lediglich den Kursinhalt lesen und anzeigen möchten, können Sie kostenlos als Gast an dem Kurs teilnehmen. Wenn Sie die Gebühr nicht bezahlen können, haben Sie die Möglichkeit, finanzielle Hilfe zu beantragen.
Findet dieser Kurs wirklich ausschließlich online statt? Muss ich zu irgendwelchen Sitzungen persönlich erscheinen?
Dieser Kurs findet ausschließlich online statt, Sie müssen also zu keiner Sitzung persönlich erscheinen. Sie können jederzeit und überall über das Netz oder Ihr Mobilgerät auf Ihre Vorträge, Lektüren und Aufgaben zugreifen.
Wie lange dauert es, die Spezialisierung abzuschließen?
Each course contains three or four modules, and each module should take one week to complete. The specialization has sixteen modules total, so learners should plan on 16 to 18 weeks total time.
What background knowledge is necessary?
Teaching experience is helpful but not necessary. An interest in teaching, plus a desire to use writing in some capacity in your teaching, will allow you to earn the greatest benefits.
Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?
It's best if you take the first course, "Teaching Writing as Process," first, since they provides a framework for the other courses. After completing the first course, you may take the other courses in any order you wish, with the Final Project being taken last.
Erhalte ich akademische Leistungspunkte für den Abschluss der Spezialisierung?
Completing the Specialization does not include university credit.
What will I be able to do upon completing the Specialization?
If you teach now, you'll be able to incorporate new strategies and practices to help improve your students' writing. You may be able to use the Specialization courses for professional development credit at your school. You may also become a teacher leader who can share what you have learned about teaching writing with your colleagues. If you're hoping to teach in the future, you will bring an impressive understanding of the theories and practices behind teaching writing to any job interview, along with the confidence that comes with entering your classroom with a full toolbox of ways to teach writing.
I have no teaching experience. Will I be able to do everything asked in the courses?

Absolutely. You don’t need teaching experience to do everything asked, and to benefit from these courses. We’ll provide options such as “what do you do (in a particular situation), or what would you do once you begin teaching?” Even if you’re not a teacher yet, we ask you only to begin to think like a teacher. If you have some idea of what grade level or subject you’d like to teach in the future, so much the better, but even that isn’t necessary.
I teach privately but not in an academic setting. Can I benefit from this specialization?

Yes. Everything in these courses is geared toward providing the flexibility for you to adapt the learning to your own personal situation. For example, we might talk about the value of and best practices for using a mentor text with your students. The core principles taught will be the same for everyone, but clearly, the mentor text a fourth-grade teacher chooses will be different from one a twelfth-grade teacher chooses, and different as well from what someone teaching in a private setting might select.
I’m not an English teacher. I teach Science, but I’d like my students to write more. Will this specialization help me?

Definitely. All you need is the desire to use writing in your classes, regardless of the discipline you teach. It’s especially exciting – and rewarding for their students – when non-English or Language Arts teachers bring writing into their content areas. In these courses, you’ll learn techniques and practices to add to your already existing toolbox, and you might discover some new ideas as well. The key is in staying on the lookout for ways to adapt what you’re learning to your own specific discipline and situation.
I teach writing, but I don’t enjoy doing it myself. Will I have to do much writing in these courses?

There will be a fair amount of writing in each of these courses, via Discussion prompts and Peer Review assignments. However, you’ll be given clear instructions for all the writing you’re asked to do, and we’ll start small, with non-stressful, low-risk writings to help you grow more comfortable with writing. You might even find some of the techniques covered in the Specialization’s second course, “Teaching Reluctant Writers,” will work for you as well. Even if a particular writing seems to ask you to step outside your comfort zone, use it as a learning experience, a way to put yourself in your students’ shoes when they are given a writing assignment that challenges them as well. You can learn a lot about teaching writing from exploring your own writing. You don’t have to want to be a professional writer; you just have to be willing to give everything a try.
I’ve been teaching writing for twenty years. How can this specialization help me?

I believe it will. While you may be familiar with many of the concepts taught in these courses, you’ll likely add new tools to your toolbox and perhaps gain a new perspective on some of those familiar practices. Each course contains additional readings for those who want to go a bit beyond the required course material, and the flexibility we emphasize in our courses should allow you to focus on those theories and practices that will be most valuable for you. There’s no doubt you’ll have a lot to offer your fellow learners, and you might feel a renewed energy from being among an enthusiastic learning community.

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