Self-efficacy in the teaching of writing : elementary teachers participating in the IIMPaC program
This study looks at professional development of teachers of writing through their participation in the first year of IIMPaC (In-service, Inquiry, Modeling, Practice and Coaching). IIMPaC is a program of the South Coast Writing Project (SCWriP), a site of the National Writing Project (NWP). The IIMPaC program is a three-year professional development program that works at developing teachers' confidence and abilities first as writers, experiencing the writing process as their students do, and secondly as teachers of writing. Through analysis of observations, surveys, and interviews, this study showed that each teacher-participant gained knowledge and insight into the teaching of writing that would, or had already, influenced their classroom practices. Further research is needed to measure the depths of impact participation has on classroom practices throughout years two and three of this three-year program, as well as the impact participating in IIMPaC has on student writing
Thesis, Dissertation, English, 2008
University of California, Santa Barbara, [Santa Barbara, Calif.], 2008