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The Wheel of Writing: a model of the writing domain for the teaching and assessing of writing as a key competency
Author(s) -
Berge Kjell Lars,
Evensen Lars Sigfred,
Thygesen Ragnar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the curriculum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.843
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1469-3704
pISSN - 0958-5176
DOI - 10.1080/09585176.2015.1129980
Subject(s) - semiotics , mediation , sociocultural evolution , key (lock) , relation (database) , mathematics education , professional writing , pedagogy , perspective (graphical) , psychology , reflective writing , domain (mathematical analysis) , computer science , sociology , linguistics , artificial intelligence , mathematical analysis , social science , philosophy , computer security , mathematics , database , anthropology
The model presented in this article aspires to represent a theoretically valid and coherent definition and description of writing, as a basis for teaching and assessing writing as a key competency in school. It represents a critique as well as an extension of previous alternatives in that it views writing as a culturally and individually intentional act of semiotic mediation. Its perspective is sociocultural and functional; focussing on the relation between writing acts and their purposes, and its dynamic construction captures flexible relations between these. The communicative aspects encapsulate semiotic tools which written mediation affords. A discussion of curricular and didactic potentials finishes the article, illustrating how the model may form a basis for a varied teaching of writing, as well as being a tool for learning and assessment within and across school subjects.