Learning to WriteWriting to Learn

Learning to Write/Writing to Learn provides a basic guide to writing as a way of learning, drawing the reader into an expanded notion of what writing is and how it is created. As you read the chapters, the ideas seem at first only a synthesis of masters like Elbow, Emig, Murray, Graves, Britton, and Moffett. But upon closer look, there is more to the book than a litany of already published ideas. Mayher, Lester, and Pradl use their own means of organization to extend the dialogue to present concerns. The book is like a long description of what a good writing class, writing group, or writing institute can be.

John S. Mayher has taught junior high school in Massachusetts and high school in California. He has been a professor of English Education at New York University since 1969, where he teaches courses in the theoretical practice of language teaching and learning.

Gordon M. Pradl, a professor of English education at New York University, has taught junior and senior high school and served on the editorial board of the Harvard Educational Review.