Conversation October 21, 2021 by Brett Healey
Brett begins this Conversation piece by suggesting that we ask child why they write and you might receive a common response: .’ He suggests that we need to give our students opportunities to learn writing techniques but also equally important we need to give them ‘freedom over their writing with little teacher intervention’. Brett’s research explores Year 6 students views when they have been able to ‘write creatively’. While Brett agrees that students need to be taught explicit skills and techniques of writing, he argues we need to also teach them to ‘think more like authors’ and therefore they need to be given opportunities ‘’.