Earlier this month, I was invited to be a co-host of ILA’s chat, focused this month on the “dos and don’ts” in writing instruction. As a prelude to a Research Address at this fall’s annual ILA convention, the entire conversation was robust, and I am particularly appreciative of Dr. David Kirkland‘s erudite responses and questions.
As just one example, his response to the first question pointed out a stark truth:
The most difficult part of teaching writing is the fact that we rarely teach writing at all, but only aspects of it or, worse, figments of it because we don’t fully understand what writing is. #ILAchat https://t.co/EoHfTFi6OT
— David E. Kirkland (@davidekirkland) August 9, 2019
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This resonates for so many reasons: personally, professionally, historically, institutionally. I appreciate his keen insights and the ways in which he continues to push my thinking about literacy and social justice. I very much look forward to hearing his message as part of the Research Address and, for the full archive of the chat, visit ILA’s post on Wakelet.
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