The Importance Of Writing: My Identity As A Writer

The need for teachers to acknowledge themselves as writers and see the importance of writing in this generation today is enormous (Cremin and Baker, 2010). Teachers and educators have a great influence over how the younger generation will perceive reading and writing (Cremin and Baker, 2010). To a large extent, majority of pre-service teachers lack confidence in writing and have concerns about teaching this subject (Cremin and Baker, 2010). This is based on their perceptions of what a writer really is. Most student teachers, like myself, view the title “writer” in relation to authors, publishers or journalists. My developing self-knowledge of what a writer really consists of now will immensely influence the way I teach writing to my future students

Students today who are learning skills of reading and writing need to be surrounded by enthusiastic, literate teachers and educators (Loane & Muir, 2017).

My knowledge on my own writer’s identity has enabled me to understand how I am a part of this culture, whether that be writing blog posts, posting on social media or writing a 2000-word essay. This perception of my own writer’s identity will allow me to teach my own students about the importance of life-long reading and writing (Loane & Muir, 2017). My discoveries about the importance of writing today, and how much my writer’s identity has developed from previous schooling experiences, my beliefs, and my attitude towards writing helps me understand the need to positively reinforce writing in the younger generation. My own writer’s identity was developed through majority of personal experiences and as teachers it is important we allow students the opportunities to significantly tap into their own personal experiences by sharing our own (Loane & Muir, 2017). I often found sharing my work daunting at a young age, therefore I