The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development

Edited by:

Roger Beard - University of London, UK
Debra Myhill - University of Exeter, UK
Jeni Riley - Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Martin Nystrand - University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

Other Titles in:
Early Childhood Curriculum | Early Childhood Language & Literacy | Literacy

July 2009 | 616 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Writing development is currently the focus of substantial international debate because it is the aspect of literacy education that has been least responsive to central government and state reforms. Teaching approaches in writing have been slower to change than those in teaching reading and pupil attainment in writing has increased at a much more modest rate than pupil attainment in reading.

This handbook critically examines research and theoretical issues that impact on writing development from the early years through to adulthood. It provides those researching or teaching literacy with one of the most academically authoritative and comprehensive works in the field. With expert contributors from across the world, the book represents a detailed and valuable overview of a complex area of study.

General Introduction

David R. Olson

The History of Writing

INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 1

Denis Alamargot and Michel Fayol

Modelling the Development of Written Composition

David Galbraith

Writing about What We Know: Generating Ideas in Writing

John R. Hayes

From Idea to Text

Lucile Chanquoy

Revision Processes

Triantafillia Kostouli

A Sociocultural Framework: Writing as Social Practice

Jon Smidt

Developing Discourse Roles and Positionings - An Ecological Theory of Writing Development

Hilary Janks

Writing: A Critical Literacy Perspective

Brian V. Street

Multiple Literacies and Multi-literacies

David Rose

Writing As Linguistic Mastery: The Development of Genre-based Literacy Pedagogy

Gunther Kress and Jeff Bezemer

Writing in a Multimodal World of Representation

Terry Locke

Grammar and Writing - The International Debate

Craig Hancock

How Linguistics Can Inform the Teaching of Writing

INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 2

Deborah Wells Rowe

Early Written Communication

Anne Haas Dyson

Writing in Childhood Worlds

Judy Parr, Rebecca Jesson and Stuart McNaughton

Agency and Platform: The relationships between talk and writing

Charles Read

Learning to Use Alphabetic Writing

Nigel Hall and Sue Sing

Developing an Understanding of Punctuation

Carol A. Christensen

The Critical Role Handwriting Plays in the Ability to Produce High-Quality Written Text

Pietro Boscolo

Engaging and Motivating Children to Write

Jackie Marsh

Writing and Popular Culture

INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 3

Peter Bryant and Terezinha Nunes

Morphemes and Children's Spelling

Richard Hudson

Measuring Maturity

Peter Smagorinsky

The Architecture of Textuality: A Semiotic View of Composing in and out of School

Brenton Doecke and Douglas McClenaghan

The Content of Students' Writing

Anthony Wilson

Creativity and Constraint: Developing as a Writer of Poetry

Debra Myhill

Becoming a Designer: Trajectories of Linguistic Development

Ellen Lavelle

Writing through College: Self-efficacy and Instruction

Brian Huot and Jeff Perry

Toward a New Understanding for Classroom Writing Assessment

Gert Rijlaarsdam, Martine Braaksma, Michel Couzijn, Tanja Janssen, Marleen Kieft, Mariet Raedts, Elke van Steendam, Anne Toorenaar and Huub van den Bergh

The Role of Readers in Writing Development: Writing Students Bringing Their Texts to the Test

INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 4

Paul Kei Matsuda, Christina Ortmeier-Hooper and Aya Matsuda

The Expansion of Second Language Writing

Suresh Canagarajah and Maria Jerskey

Meeting the Needs of Advanced Multilingual Writers

Julie Dockrell

Causes of Delays and Difficulties in the Production of Written Text

Doreen Starke-Meyerring

The Contested Materialities of Writing in Digital Environments: Implications for Writing Development

Christina Haas and Chad Wickman

Hypertext and Writing

Marian Sainsbury

Developing Writing in a High-Stakes Environment

Beverly J. Moss

Writing in the Wider Community

Robert Gundlach

Reflections on the Future of Writing Development

'[This book] is a fascinating and varied collection of papers....and would be of interest to anyone who has any involvement with language and how written communication has developed, and how it is influenced by and has an influence on, other factors' - ESCalate

'This book is a great meeting point…between writing researchers of different disciplines and perspectives, between practitioners and researchers, between different stages of writing development, between fluency and difficulties and between history and future. Its broad range of overviews of different topics related to writing development illuminated from different perspectives makes it a fantastic tool for writing researchers, teachers and policy makers alike' - Åsa Wengelin, Lund University, Sweden

'The scope of the book is unprecedented, dealing with writing development from the early years through to secondary and beyond…written by key experts in the field…a wealth of thought-provoking material…In all, this volume represents the most comprehensive and authoritative overview to date of current research, theory and practice - as well as challenges - in the area of writing development' - Beverly Derewianka, Director, Centre for Research in Language and Literacy, University of Wollongong, Australia