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What We Believe: Basic Assumptions
The following list of assumptions forms the foundation for the work of the National Writing Project in Vermont:
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Teachers of writing must write themselves.
•There is a common feeling across K-12 and college communities that student writing abilities must become stronger.
• This common concern can best be addressed through cooperatively-planned university-school programs.
• Student writing improves when writing instruction improves.
• The best teacher of teachers is another teacher.
• Change can best be accomplished by those who work in the schools, not by transient consultants who appear briefly, never to be seen again, and not by packs of teacher-proof materials.
• Classroom practice and research have generated a substantial body of knowledge on the teaching of writing.
•There is a common feeling across K-12 and college communities that student writing abilities must become stronger.
• This common concern can best be addressed through cooperatively-planned university-school programs.
• Student writing improves when writing instruction improves.
• The best teacher of teachers is another teacher.
• Change can best be accomplished by those who work in the schools, not by transient consultants who appear briefly, never to be seen again, and not by packs of teacher-proof materials.
• Classroom practice and research have generated a substantial body of knowledge on the teaching of writing.