Teaching writing – whose job is it?
As new literacies evolve and students embrace new technologies, often developing expertise before their teachers, it is interesting that the old debate around (print based) reading and writing, and whose responsibility it is to teach these, continues.
At a recent workshop, the following question arose.
“I am a teacher of mathematics. Should I be expected to teach literacy?”
If we ask education bodies, there is a resounding, “Yes! …