Writing to Learn, Learning to Write - English for Academic Purposes

    Outline of the e-book: Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group. (n.d.). The theory and practice of online teaching and learning: A guide for academic professionals . Routledge. Retrieved from https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/FreeBooks+Opened+Up/Theory_and_Practice_of_Online_FB_final.pdf   ●        Purpose: To present various excerpts from books about online teaching and learning. ●        Thesis statement: Reading the book will offer answers about teaching online as well as practical tips and advice on the field. ●        Audience: Educators, online tutors, pedagogues.           I.             Introduction A.     Purpose of the book B.      Description of chapters      II.   ...

  Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group. (n.d.). The theory and practice of online teaching and learning: A guide for academic professionals. Routledge. Retrieved from https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/FreeBooks+Opened+Up/Theory_and_Practice_of_Online_FB_final.pdf   States the differences between online and traditional education. Provides the characteristics of asynchronous learning. Introduces the term e-tivities and describes its uses, values and purposes. Issues the historical background of the use of open resources for learning. Focuses on the different approaches an online learner or teacher may encounter. Provides information about the development of technologies and their use in the education field.

            The American Psychological Association (APA) Manual provides a set of requirements for those who wish to write under the scope of their format. The APA Manual includes guidelines both for including in-text citations and reference lists in pieces of writing. This paper aims to provide an analysis of the use of APA specifications for in-text citations and reference pages in the article Beyond Reflection: Teacher Learning as Praxis , by Hoffman-Kipp, Artiles, and López Torres (2003).  Even though in the article mentioned above there are many instances of misuse of those specifications, this paper will only focus on the most significant ones.   According to the American Psychological Association (2009), “References in APA publications are cited in-text with an author-date citation system and are listed alphabetically in the reference list” (p.174). In turn, APA states that reference lists must be complete for the readers to be able ...

  It was my first time working as a teacher. The lesson took place in a room which was no more than four by four metres with a group of 17-year-old teenagers. Having just received my teaching degree, I did not have experience dealing with teenagers as I nearly was a teenager too. I entered the classroom and introduced myself, trying not to shout too much but not speaking too low also. The lack of attention students were giving to my lesson combined with my lack of experience, made me think that to draw their attention, a loud noise would be enough, so I decided to slam the door. I had not noticed that half of it was made of glass and, the moment I slammed the door, the glass smashed into pieces. It did call my students´ attention but, indeed, not in the right way. From that moment on, the students baptized me the clumsy teacher but, even though I could have harmed someone, it resulted in a positive experience; students saw the human part of their teacher and, eventually,   fo...

  Outline of the article: Dolk, M., & den Hertog, J. (2008). Narratives in teacher education. Interactive Learning Environments, 16 (3), 215-229. doi:10.1080/10494820802113970   ·          Purpose: To present the results of an experiment made among prospective teachers regarding learning through experience and writing. ·          Thesis statement: Writing about experiences in the classroom can be advantageous in the learning process of future teachers. ·          Audience: Future teachers´ tutors, prospective teachers, pedagogues.           I.             I. Abstract      II.              II.  Introduction A.     Prospective teachers´ conception of theory B.   ...

Dolk, M., & den Hertog, J. (2008). Narratives in teacher education. Interactive Learning Environments, 16 (3), 215-229. doi:10.1080/10494820802113970   Exposes the main characteristics of a program named MILE. Exemplifies the advantages of learning through experience and writing about it. Provides steps to construct a narrative on education. Describes the progress observed in students throughout the experiment.