Writing for educators : personal essays and practical advice / edited by Karen Bromley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bromley, Karen D'Angelo, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship--Marketing.

Authorship.

Academic writing.

Editing.

Proposal writing in education--United States.

Proposal writing in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, N.C. : IAP, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is for new faculty, graduate students, teachers, administrators, and other academics who want to write more clearly and have their work published. The essays focus on writing journal articles, dissertations, grants, edited books, and other writing in educational settings. The authors are educators who share their own first-hand experiences that provide novice writers with important knowledge and support in the quest for success in professional scholarly writing. A variety of authors discuss the writer's craft, including issues of voice, audience, planning, drafting, revision, conventions, style, submitting to journals, editorial review, and editing.

Contents:

Finding your voice. What? me write? six reasons to write for publication / James J. Carpenter

Finding ideas and developing the confidence to write for publication / Chris Pescatore

Writing-to-Learn in the process of researching / Maureen Boyd

Reading as a way to develop a writing identity / Nicholas Paley

Writing an article or dissertation. From idea to printed page / Marilyn Tallerico

Writing to be read: clarity and power in scholarly writing / C. Beth Burch

Creating a corpus: writing to shape practice / Beverly Rainforth

Nine notes from a novice: publishing a teaching idea / Margaret Golden

Writing with publication in mind / Joan Bouza Koster

Completing a dissertation in just over 2 years / Holly Hansen-Thomas

Four children and a dissertation / Sandi Graham

Reviews, revising, and editing. Surviving the review process: the good, the bad, and the ugly / Jenny Gordon

Rethink, rewrite, revise: mining the gold / Heather K. Sheridan-Thomas

Revising for successful publication / Mitch Rosenwald

Editing a book: nine questions and some answers / Karen Bromley

An editor's perspective on the importance of style / Jean Schmittau

Grant writing. Writing a grant proposal / Karen Bromley

Grant writing for teachers / Pat Krizan

The collaborative grant development process / Allison Alden

Other writing in educational settings. On-demand writing by administrators / Carol Stark

A principal's writing experiences / Doug Green

My surprising life as an author / Jo Malin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786612186912

9781282186910

1282186914

9781607522072

1607522071