Dear Stephan:

 

There is a great little section on ‘Writing Beliefs and the Teacher's Role’ in Hammann, L. (2005) “Self-regulation in Academic Writing Tasks”, International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 17(1), 15-26. Also, see her bibliography for the location of other sources on the topic, particularly

 

Charney, D., Newman, J. H., & Palmquist, M. (1995). “I’m just no good at writing”: Epistemological style and attitudes toward writing. Written Communication, 12, 298-329.

Hammann, L. A. (2003). Untangling attribution, selfefficacy, and writing beliefs: Writing instruction for pre-Service teachers. Paper presented at the 2003 College Reading Association Conference, Corpus Christi, TX.

Hofer, B. K., & Pintrich, P. (2003). Personal epistemology: The psychology of beliefs about knowledge and knowing. New Jersey: Erlbaum.

Palmquist, M., & Young, R. (1992). The notion of giftedness and student expectations about writing. Written Communication, 9, 137-169.

Pintrich, P. R. (2002). Future challenges and directions for theory and research on personal epistemology. In B. K. Hofer & P. R. Pintrich (Eds.), Personal epistemology: The psychology of beliefs about knowledge and knowing (pp. 389-414). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Schommer, M. (1990). Effects of beliefs about the nature of knowledge on comprehension. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82, 498-504.

Schommer, M. (1993). Epistemological development and academic performance among secondary students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 85, 406-411.

Schommer, M. (1998). The influence of age and schooling on epistemological beliefs. The British Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 551-562.

 

I hope I am steering you into a useful direction.

 

Best, Lawrence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear colleagues

 

We are developing a questionnaire aimed at lecturers who teach writing at higher education institutions. The questionnaire aims to find out:

 

What attitudes/beliefs lecturers have about developing students’ writing competence

What lecturers report they do to develop students’ writing competence

 

Which current or older studies that examine lecturers’ attitudes/beliefs or their behaviours (self-reported or observed) regarding the development of students’ writing competence would you recommend?

 

In appreciation of your suggestions.

 

Best wishes

 

Stephan Meyer

 

Ich freue mich auf Ihre Antwort auf Deutsch oder Englisch.

 

…………………………………………..

Stephan Meyer | MA | Deputy Director and English Programme Coordinator

University of Basel | Language Center

Totentanz 17 | 4051 Basel | Switzerland

phone +41 61 207 52 33

http://www.sprachenzentrum.unibas.ch

 

 

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