Apprenticeship+of+Observation+Forum

Apprenticeship of Observation Forum:
Smagorinsky (2011) defines the apprenticeship of observation as "the experience of attending school (or presumably the experience of participating in any other social practice) and what people learn about the conduct of education from having been a student. Often one's apprenticeship of observation produces a schematic expectation for how schooling should be carried out, thus serving to reproduce educational patterns across generations" in his work on Vygotsky and literacy research (p. 288).

1. Considering our own experiences with learning, teaching, and tutoring writing, how would you describe your apprenticeship of observation?

2. Considering what you have learned from your students and their apprenticeship of observation within the context of seeking writing services at CGTC, how might we need to (re) engage the student in the writer's workshop method that focuses on the writing process, the student's self-assessment, language variation, metacognition, and dialogue?

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