COD 2008 - P083

Refining Writing Programmes

Primary School Teachers.

2 sessions, start: 28-Apr

Course detail

Year: 2008
Level: Primary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Inés Stefani
Print course
ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 90.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 28 April 2008 09:00 am 12:00 pm
2 28 April 2008 01:00 pm 04:00 pm

Facilitator/s

Inés Stefani

Inés Stefani is a Uruguayan teacher who graduated from "Magisterio" in 1980 and since then has taught at bilingual schools. In 1989 she graduated as a Reading Recovery teacher in New Zealand. She has worked and studied for 4 years in that country. She later completed a Bachelors of Education in Teaching, and a Masters Degree in Teaching at the University of Auckland in New Zealand as well as a Certificate in School Middle Management, at UNITEC, Auckland, New Zealand. Inés has been doing consultancy work, in the field of literacy acquisition, nationally and internationally, especially in Brazil and Argentina since 2003. She was Academic Principal from 2005 to 2010 and Head of School from 2011 to 2017 at Woodlands School, in Montevideo, Uruguay.
She has just recently retired from that job, after 37 years of teaching, and is back doing consultancy work.She is currently teaching at Universidad de Montevideo at Magisterio Bilingual.
Primary School Teachers.
- To develop and extend participants' understanding of theory and practice of writing teaching and learning within a primary school setting. - To assist participants to extend their personal knowledge and use of a range of text types. - To provide participants with opportunities to apply their knowledge to the development of successful writing programmes.
- Discussion and application of theoretical models of writing. - Exploration and analysis of text features of a range of forms of writing. - Strategies for developing classroom writing programmes in relation to aspects such as scaffolded instruction, teacher modelling of writing, monitoring and assessing progress, motivation of students, organisation and management. - Modelling, shared and guided writing. - Celebration: sharing students' writing. - Editing conferences (content and conventions). - Writing assessment (including 6 trait writing assessment). - Publishing.
Lecture with some group work and individual participation.
- Graves, D. (1980) "Writing: Teachers and Children at Work" Heneiman: Portsmouth. - Routman, R. (2005) "Writing Essentials" Heinemann: Portsmouth. - Ministry of Education (2003) "Effective Literacy Practice" Leaning Media Limited: New Zealand. - Ministry of Education (2002) "Dancing with the Pen" Learning Media Limited: New Zealand. - Department of Education and Training (2004) "Writing Resource Book" Heinemann: Western Australia.
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