Exchange of experience was on the menu as Education Agency held conference on literacy in secondary schools. The conference finished the first round of the project "New Writing" to strengthen high school students' writing skills.

"Wow, where is this just exciting. I feel I leave here as a better researcher professionalism and writing in high school sector. "How summed Nikolaj Frydensbjerg Elf, assistant professor at the University of Southern Denmark, his impressions from the Education Authority's conference" New literacy in secondary schools - how do we do? "Nikolaj Frydensbjerg Elf gives his impressions from days nikolaj Frydensbjerg Elf gives his impressions of the day. Since 2010, when the first round of the project "New Writing" began, has eleven schools, school networks and associations completed development work, experimented with pedagogical forms and exchanged experiences. During the conference some of the project involved their experiences from the work and concrete ideas for the written work for the rest of the sector, which was turned out in strength.

What's new is that in writing?

Nikolaj Frydensbjerg Elf indicate that writing is of course well known in many subjects, but writing as a joint project of all is new. It is therefore important that knowledge is shared across disciplines and across schools. For Nikolaj Frydensbjerg Elf's project "New Writing" particularly important since it is based on the actual current social and cultural conditions, which among other things is characterized by new communication technologies and the digital.

Challenges for writing in high schools

The development of new writing in high schools face a number of challenges when all subjects will be working with literacy. And it's also a challenge to establish a common terminology when a statement in mathematics are not always the same as a statement in Danish. Educational leader Lone Bjørndal Thomsen from Roskilde Cathedral School nods in recognition of the challenges and elaborates: "The subjects agree frustrations with the students' lack of writing skills. The subjects also agree on what good writing is, but there is considerable disagreement when it comes to how to go to work on writing. We have tried to exploit the subjects' agreement to overcome the subjects of disagreement. "Trine Rhine-Knudsen and Lone Bjørndal Thomsen from Roskilde Cathedral School spoke about the challenges of working with literacy trine Rhine-Knudsen and Lone Bjørndal Thomsen from Roskilde Cathedral School spoke about the challenges of working with literacy.

Writing on the table is management's responsibility

Will other schools work with writing, have the first round of the project "New Writing" shown that work begins to see writing as an organizational project and a management responsibility. It is also necessary to collaborate across different professional groups and developing individual progression plans.

Facts

Education Agency conference "New literacy in secondary schools - how do we do?" Was held Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Mulernes Legat School in Odense. The conference included presentations on strategy for the work of writing in high schools and the challenges along the way. Three workshops focused on specific tools for the written work and finally shared assistant professor at the University of Southern Denmark Nikolaj Frydensbjerg Elf his impressions of the day. Source: UVM