Writing, Pedagogy, and Dramatic Inquiry
This blog supports the Developing Students’ Writing using Dramatic Inquiry course. Here you’ll find extended reflections, classroom examples, and deeper thinking behind the ideas explored in the units. These articles are designed to help you connect theory with practice and continue the conversation about making writing purposeful, meaningful, and alive in your classroom.
Dramatic Inquiry a Pedagogy for Writing
How do we move beyond teaching writing as a set of skills and instead cultivate it as meaningful communication? This article explores the search for a pedagogy that gives writing purpose, context, and urgency. Drawing on classroom practice and research, it considers how Dramatic Inquiry creates the conditions for students to write with intention, confidence, and a genuine sense of audience.