The Write Mind for Every Classroom

How to Connect Brain Science and Writing Across the Disciplines

Jason Wirtz

First and foremost, and most inclusively, anyone fascinated by thinking and learning about connections between brain research and writing should read The Write Mind for Every Classroom: How to Connect Brain Science and Writing Across the Disciplines.
Teachers of writing across a wide range of grade levels will find this book useful, especially those teaching adolescents. The information and activities are designed for those teaching across secondary and post-secondary content areas. As writing becomes increasingly central across all content areas as a result of both federal and state mandates such as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), this book will be useful to all teachers of adolescents. College and university professors will find this book useful in helping to prepare today’s pre-service teachers. Literacy coaches, principals, and mentor/lead teachers will find much of value, as will educators involved in teacher learning groups. As brain-based education enters the national spotlight it becomes increasingly important for educators at all levels to become intelligent consumers of brain-based claims that have a potentially far-reaching impact on student learning.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 104 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-1-4758-1814-7 • Hardback • November 2015 • $56.00 • (£43.00)

978-1-4758-1815-4 • Paperback • November 2015 • $30.00 • (£25.00)

978-1-4758-1816-1 • eBook • November 2015 • $28.50 • (£19.99)

Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities, Education / General, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts

The Write Mind for Every Classroom

How to Connect Brain Science and Writing Across the Disciplines

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Summary

First and foremost, and most inclusively, anyone fascinated by thinking and learning about connections between brain research and writing should read The Write Mind for Every Classroom: How to Connect Brain Science and Writing Across the Disciplines.
Teachers of writing across a wide range of grade levels will find this book useful, especially those teaching adolescents. The information and activities are designed for those teaching across secondary and post-secondary content areas. As writing becomes increasingly central across all content areas as a result of both federal and state mandates such as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), this book will be useful to all teachers of adolescents. College and university professors will find this book useful in helping to prepare today’s pre-service teachers. Literacy coaches, principals, and mentor/lead teachers will find much of value, as will educators involved in teacher learning groups. As brain-based education enters the national spotlight it becomes increasingly important for educators at all levels to become intelligent consumers of brain-based claims that have a potentially far-reaching impact on student learning.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 104 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-1-4758-1814-7 • Hardback • November 2015 • $56.00 • (£43.00)

978-1-4758-1815-4 • Paperback • November 2015 • $30.00 • (£25.00)

978-1-4758-1816-1 • eBook • November 2015 • $28.50 • (£19.99)

Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities, Education / General, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts

Author

Jason Wirtz is associate professor of English Education and Rhetoric & Composition at Hunter College, City University of New York. His research focuses on translating the practices of accomplished writer-teachers for secondary and post-secondary writing instruction.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1: Automaticity and Writing

Chapter 2: Theory of Mind and Writing

Chapter 3: Brain States and Writing

Chapter 4: Brain Variation and Writing

Chapter 5: Emotional Engagement and Writing

Chapter 6: Nonconscious Cognition and Writing

Chapter 7: Bringing it All Together: The Metacognitive Writing Classroom

References