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March 29, 2017
Writing for Educators: Personal Essays and Practical Advice
- Author
- Bromley, Karen, ed.
- Publisher
- Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC
- ISBN
- 9781607521037
- Table of Contents
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Introduction
Section I: Finding Your Voice
ch. 1 What? Me Write? Six Reasons to Write for Publication (James J. Carpenter)
ch. 2 Finding Ideas and Developing the Confidence to Write for Publication (Chris Pescatore)
ch. 3 Writing-to-Learn in the Process of Researching (Maureen Boyd)
ch. 4 Reading as a Way to Develop a Writing Identity (Nicholas Paley)
Section II: Writing An Article Or Dissertation
ch. 5 From Idea to Printed Page (Marilyn Tallerico)
ch. 6 Writing to be Read: Clarity and Power in Scholarly Writing (C. Beth Rainforth)
ch. 7 Creating a Corpus: Writing to Shape Practice (Beverly Rainforth)
ch. 8 Nine Notes From a Novice: Publishing a Teaching Idea (Margaret Golden)
ch. 9 Writing With Publication in Mind (Joan Bouza Koster)
ch. 10 Completing a Dissertation in Just Over 2 Years (Holly Hansen-Thomas)
ch. 11 Four Children and a Dissertation (Sandi Graham)
Section III: Reviews, Revising, and Editing
ch. 12 Surviving the Review Process: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Jenny Gordon)
ch. 13 Rethink, Rewrite, Revise: Mining the Gold (Heather K. Sheridan-Thomas)
ch. 14 Revisiting for Successful Publication (Mitch Rosenwald)
ch. 15 Editing a Book: Nine Questions and Some Answers (Karen Bromley)
ch. 16 An Editor's Perspective on the Importance of Style (Jean Schmittau)
Section IV: Grant Writing
ch. 17 Writing a Grant Proposal (Karen Bromley)
ch. 18 Grant Writing for Teachers (Pat Krizan)
ch. 19 The Collaborative Grant Development Process (Allison Alden)
Section V: Other Writing In Educational Settings
ch. 20 On-Demand Writing by Administrators (Carol Stark)
ch. 21 A Principal's Writing Experiences (Doug Green)
ch. 22 My Surprising Life as an Author (Jo Malin)
Appendices
About the Authors
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. (From the Publisher)