Using a poetry wiki: How can the medium support pre-service teachers of English in their professional learning about writing poetry and teaching poetry writing in a digital age?

English Teaching

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 91-106

  Dymoke, Sue ^a   Hughes, Janette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Digital dialogue; Initial teacher education; Online community; Poetry; Poetry pedagogy; Professional learning; Wiki; Writing poetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049116791     PISSN: 11758708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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