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Professor Debra Myhill

Professor in Education

D.A.Myhill@exeter.ac.uk

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01392 724767

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2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

  • Lines H, Myhill D, Jones S. (2019) The Relationship between Metalinguistic Understanding, Student Writing and Teaching, Conocer la Escritura: Investigaci�n M�s All� de las Frontera | Knowing Writing: Writing Research Across Borders, The WAC Clearinghouse, 113-131, DOI:10.37514/int-b.2019.0421.2.05.
  • Myhill D. (2019) Rethinking Grammar as a tool for learning, Literraciter och flerspråkighet, Nationellt Centrum för svenska som andraspråk vid Instituionen för språkdidaktik, 69-79.
  • Lines H, Myhill D, Jones S. (2019) The Relationship between Metalinguistic Understanding, Student Writing and Teaching, Knowing Writing: Research across Borders, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 115-134.
  • Cremin T, Myhill D. (2019) Creative Writers as Arts Educators, DOI:10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.394. [PDF]
  • Myhill DA, Newman R. (2019) Writing talk: Developing metalinguistic understanding through dialogic teaching, Routledge International Handbook of Research on Dialogic Education, Routledge, 360-372.
  • Banerjee P. (2019) Transitions from Vocational Qualifications to Higher Education: Examining Inequalities, Emerald Publishing Limited.

2018

2017

  • Myhill D, Watson A, Newman R. (2017) Re-thinking grammar in the curriculum, Tolfte nationella konferensen I svenska med didaktisk inriktning Textkulturer, 25-44-25-44.
  • Myhill DA. (2017) ‘The Dress of Thought’: Analysing Literature through a Linguistic Lens, International Perspectives on the Teaching of Literature in Schools Global Principles and Practices, Routledge, 18-28.
  • Cremin T, Lillis T, Myhill DA, Eyres I. (2017) Professional Writers’ identities: the perceived influence of formal education and early reading, Writer Identity and the Teaching and Learning of Writing, Routledge, 19-36.

2016

2015

  • Janks H, Myhill D, Ryan M. (2015) Editorial, English Teaching Practice & Critique, volume 14, no. 3, DOI:10.1108/etpc-10-2015-0081.
  • Myhill DA. (2015) Playing with language: grammar as a resource for writers, Svenska ett Inkluderande Amne, Svensklararforeningen, 135-155.

2014

2013

2012

  • Myhill D, Lines H, Watson A. (2012) Making meaning with grammar: A repertoire of possibilities, English in Australia, volume 47, no. 3, pages 29-38.
  • Myhill D. (2012) Developing Writers: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age, ENGLISH IN EDUCATION, volume 46, no. 1, pages 106-108, DOI:10.1111/j.1754-8845.2011.01119.x. [PDF]
  • Myhill D. (2012) Editorial, English in Education, volume 46, no. 1, pages 1-5, DOI:10.1111/j.1754-8845.2011.01110.x.
  • Myhill DA. (2012) Rethinking Grammar as a Resource for Writing, English Drama Media, volume 22, pages 47-52.
  • Lines HE, Myhill DA. (2012) Any English Questions?, Classroom, volume 16, pages 54-56.
  • Lines HE, Myhill DA. (2012) Grammar for Writing: Sentences under the Spotlight, Classroom, volume 16, pages 4-7.
  • Lines HE, Myhill DA. (2012) Grammar for writing: discovering what Year 8 students know about language, Classroom, volume 17, pages 35-38.
  • Myhill DA. (2012) Children’s Patterns of Composition and their Reflections on their Composing Processes, Literacy Teaching and Education, Sage.
  • Myhill DA, Jones SM, Lines HE, Watson A. (2012) Knowledge about Language Revisited: The Impact of Teachers’ Linguistic Subject Knowledge on the Teaching of Writing, English Drama Media, volume 23, pages 43-48.
  • Myhill DA, Lines HE. (2012) Grammar for writing: Using knowledge for grammar to improve writing, Classroom, volume 18, pages 45-48.
  • Myhill DA, Jones SM, Lines H, Watson A. (2012) Re-thinking grammar: The impact of embedded grammar teaching on students' writing and students' metalinguistic understanding, Research Papers in Education, volume 27, no. 2, pages 139-166, DOI:10.1080/02671522.2011.637640.
  • Wilson AC, Myhill D. (2012) Ways with Words: Teachers’ Personal Epistemologies of the Role of Metalanguage in the Teaching of Poetry Writing, Language and Education, volume 26, no. 6, pages 553-568.

2011

  • Preece P, Myhill D. (2011) TLRP's ten principles, Research Papers in Education, volume 26, no. 3, DOI:10.1080/02671522.2011.590005.
  • Myhill DA, Lines HE, Watson A. (2011) Making Meaning with Grammar: a Repertoire of Possibilities, mETAphor, volume 2, pages 1-10.
  • Lines HE, Myhill DA. (2011) Focusing Fiction, Classroom, volume 15, pages 23-25.
  • Myhill DA, Jones SM, Lines HE, Watson A. (2011) Explaining how Language Works: is there a place for terminology?, Literacy Today, volume 67, pages 25-27.
  • Myhill DA. (2011) Language as Putty: Thinking Creatively about Grammar, English in Aotearoa, volume 74, pages 13-20.
  • Jones SM, Myhill DA. (2011) Policing Grammar: The Place of Grammar in Literacy Policy, The Literacy Game, Routledge, 45-62.
  • Fisher R, Myhill DA, Twist L. (2011) Evaluation of Every child a Writer report 2: teaching and writing in ECAW classes, Department for Education. [PDF]
  • Myhill DA. (2011) Living Language, Live Debates: Grammar and Standard English, Debates in English Teaching, Routledge, 63-77.
  • Myhill DA. (2011) Grammar for Designers: How Grammar Supports the Development of Writing, Insight and Impact: Applied Linguistics and the Primary School, Cambridge University Press, 81-92.

2010

  • Myhill D. (2010) Linguistic development in children’s writing: Changing classroom pedagogies, Linguistics at School: Language Awareness in Primary and Secondary Education, 106-122, DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511770791.011.
  • Myhill D. (2010) Learning to write, Using Talk to Support Writing, 1-19, DOI:10.4135/9781446251829.n1.
  • Myhill D, Milsom R. (2010) Writing aloud – The role of oral rehearsal, Using Talk to Support Writing, 64-81, DOI:10.4135/9781446251829.n4.
  • Locke T, Myhill D, Fecho B. (2010) Editorial: Non-themed issue: 2010, English Teaching, volume 9, no. 3, pages 1-7.
  • Myhill DA. (2010) The best words in the best order’: grammar as a creative tool for literacy, English Teaching Online, volume 1, no. Autumn. [PDF]
  • Myhill DA. (2010) Harnessing Grammar: Weaving Words and Shaping Texts, Better: Evidence-Based Education, volume 2010, no. Winter, pages 12-13.
  • Jones S, Myhill D. (2010) 'Troublesome boys' and 'compliant girls': gender identity and perceptions of achievement and underachievement, Readings for Learning to Teach in the Secondary School, Routledge, 289-301.
  • Myhill DA, Myhill DA. (2010) Rhythm and Blues: Making Textual Music with Grammar and Punctuation, The International Handbook of English, Language and Literacy Teaching, Routledge, 170-181.
  • Myhill DA, Myhill DA. (2010) Understanding Language Development, The International Handbook of English, Language and Literacy Teaching, Routledge, 216-227.
  • Myhill DA. (2010) Ways of Knowing: Grammar as a Tool for Developing Writing, Beyond the grammar wars: A resource for teachers and students on developing language knowledge in the English/literacy classroom, Routledge, 129-148.
  • Myhill DA. (2010) Changing Classroom Pedagogies, Linguistics at School: Language Awareness in Primary and Secondary Education, Cambridge University Press, 92-106.
  • Myhill D, Fisher R. (2010) Editorial: Writing development: cognitive, sociocultural, linguistic perspectives, JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN READING, volume 33, no. 1, pages 1-3, DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9817.2009.01428.x. [PDF]

2009

  • Myhill DA. (2009) Talk about it! Participatory Talk for Learning Classrooms, Evolving Pedagogies, University of Brunei.
  • Myhill DA. (2009) Shaping Futures: Literacy Policy in the Twenty-First Century, Research Papers in Education, volume 24, no. 2, pages 129-133.
  • Myhill DA. (2009) From Talking to Writing: Linguistic Development in Writing, British Journal of Educational Psychology Monograph Series 11, volume 6, pages 27-44, article no. 2, DOI:10.1348/978185409X421895.
  • Myhill DA. (2009) From Talking to Writing: Linguistic Development in Writing, British Journal of Educational Psychology Monograph Series 11, volume 6, pages 27-44, article no. 2, DOI:10.1348/978185409X421895.
  • Myhill DA. (2009) Shaping Futures: Literacy Policy in the Twenty-First Century, Research Papers in Education, volume 24, no. 2.
  • Myhill DA. (2009) Developmental Trajectories in Mastery of Paragraphing: Towards a Model of Development, Written Language and Literacy, volume 12, no. 1, pages 26-51. [PDF]
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2009) Children’s Patterns of Composition and their Reflections on their Composing Processes, British Educational Research Journal, volume 1, no. 35, pages 47-64.
  • Myhill DA, Jones SM. (2009) How Talk Becomes Text: investigating the concept of oral rehearsal in early years’ classrooms, British Journal of Educational Studies, volume 57, no. 3, pages 265-284.
  • Beard R, Myhill DA, Riley J, Nystrand M. (2009) The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development.
  • Myhill DA. (2009) Becoming a Designer: Trajectories of Linguistic Development, The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development, SAGE, 402-414.

2008

  • Myhill DA. (2008) Towards a Linguistic Model of Sentence Development in Writing, Language and Education, volume 22, no. 5, pages 271-288.
  • Myhill DA, Fisher R, Jones S, Lines H. (2008) Effective Ways of Teaching Complex Expression in Writing. A Literature Review of Evidence from the Secondary School Phase, The Department for Children, Schools and Families, The Department for Children, Schools and Families. [PDF]

2007

  • Myhill D, Jones S. (2007) What Works? Engaging in research to shape policy: The case of grammar, ENGLISH TEACHING-PRACTICE AND CRITIQUE, volume 6, no. 3, pages 61-75. [PDF]
  • SJones, Myhill DA. (2007) Discourses of Difference? Questioning Gender Difference in Linguistic Characteristics of Writing, Canadian Journal of Education, volume 30, no. 2, pages 456-482.
  • Myhill DA, Jones SM. (2007) More than just Error Correction: Children’s Reflections on their Revision Processes, Written Communication, volume 24, no. 4, pages 323-343.
  • Southgate CCB. (2007) Editorial, Reviews in Science and Religion, volume 50.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2007) Reading the World: Using Children’s Literature to teach Controversial Issues, Teaching Controversial Issues in Democratic Societies.
  • Myhill DA, Locke T. (2007) Composition in the English/Literacy Classroom, English Teaching: Practice and Critique, volume 6, no. 1, pages 1-10.
  • Myhill DA, Jones SM. (2007) What Works? Engaging in research to shape policy: The case of grammar, English Teaching: Practice and Critique, volume 6, no. 7, pages 61-75.
  • Myhill DA, Jones, S.. (2007) More than just error correction. Students' perspectives on their revision processes during writing, Written Communication, volume 24, no. 4, pages 323-343.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2007) Designs on writing (3), Secondary English Magazine, volume 11, no. 1, pages 25-28.

2006

2005

  • Myhill DA, Warren, P.. (2005) Scaffolds or Straitjackets? Critical Moments in Classroom Discourse, Educational Review, volume 57, no. 1, pages 55-69.
  • Myhill DA, Jones S, Hopper R. (2005) Talking, Listening, Learning. Effective Talk in the Primary Classroom, Open University Press.
  • Myhill DA, Dunkin, F.. (2005) Questioning Learning?, Language in Education, volume 19, no. 5, pages 415-427.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2005) Tense Times, Secondary English Magazine, volume 9, no. 1, pages 27-30.
  • Myhill DA, Fisher, R.J.. (2005) Informing Practice:a review of recent research in literacy and the teaching of English. [PDF]
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2005) Writing Creatively, Creativity in Primary Education, Learning Matters Ltd, 58-69.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2005) Testing Times: the impact of prior knowledge on written genres produced in examination settings, Assessment in Education, volume 12, no. 3, pages 289-300.
  • Myhill, D.. (2005) Texts as Design, writers as designers, English in Education, volume 39, no. 2, pages 5-21.
  • Myhill DA. (2005) Prior knowledge and the (re)production of school written genres, Writing in context: Textual Practices and Learning Processes in Sociocultural Settings, Springer, 117-136.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2005) Ways of Knowing: Writing with Grammar in Mind, English Teaching: Practice and Critique, volume 4, no. 3, pages 77-96.

2004

  • Burns C, Myhill D. (2004) Interactive or inactive? A consideration of the nature of interaction in whole class teaching, Cambridge Journal of Education, volume 34, no. 1, pages 35-49, DOI:10.1080/0305764042000183115.
  • Jones SM, Myhill, D.A.. (2004) Seeing Things differently: Boys as Underachievers, Gender and Education, volume 16, no. 4, pages 531-546.
  • Myhill DA, Jones, S.. (2004) Noisy boys and Compliant Girls?, Literacy Today, volume 41, pages 20-21.
  • Jones SM, Myhill, D.A.. (2004) Troublesome Boys and Compliant Girls, British Journal of Sociology of Education, volume 25, no. 5, pages 557-571.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2004) Making Connections: Grammar and Meaning, Secondary English Magazine, volume 8, no. 1, pages 23-26.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2004) All about the Passive, Primary English Magazine, volume 9, no. 5, pages 29-32.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2004) Inactive or Interactive? A consideration of the nature of interaction in whole class teaching, Cambridge Journal of Education, volume 34, no. 1, pages 35-49.
  • SJones, Myhill DA. (2004) 'Troublesome Boys' and 'Compliant Girls': Gender identity and perceptions of achievement and underachievement , British Journal of Sociology of Education, volume 25, no. 5, pages 557-571, DOI:10.1080/0142569042000252044.
  • Myhill DA, Brackley M. (2004) Making Connections:Teachers' Use of Children's Prior Knowledge in Whole Class Discourse, British Journal of Educational Studies, volume 52, no. 3, pages 263-275, DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8527.2004.00267.x.
  • Amer, E.. (2004) The Impact of Invention Techniques upon Students Compositional Writing in EFL, The English Teacher: An International Journal, volume 7, no. 1, pages 1-8.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2004) Classroom Observation Schedule, Handbook of Teacher Research, Open University Press.
  • SJones, Myhill DA. (2004) Seeing things differently: teachers' constructions of underachievement , Gender and Education, volume 16, no. 4, pages 531-546, DOI:10.1080/09540250042000300411.

2003

  • Myhill D. (2003) Principled understanding? Teaching the active and passive voice, Language and Education, volume 17, no. 5, pages 355-370, DOI:10.1080/09500780308666856.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2003) Postgraduate Student Difficulties in Learning Grammar, Getting to Grips with Grammar, CILT, 79-82.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2003) The Communicative Approach in Egypt: digging into the Pyramids, Symposium for Language Teacher Educators, IALS, University of Edinburgh.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2003) Principled Understanding? Teaching the Active and Passive Voice, Language and Education, volume 15, no. 5, pages 355-370.

2002

  • Dunkin, F.. (2002) Thats a Good Question, Literacy Today, volume 33, pages 8-9.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2002) Bad Boys and Good Girls? Patterns of Interaction and Response in Whole Class Teaching, British Educational Research Journal, volume 28, no. 3, pages 339-352.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2002) Consultant Editor for Eames, K, Taylor, K and Trelawney-Ross, D Writing: Steps to Success Levels 4-5+, Hodder and Stoughton.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2002) Consultant Editor for Eames, K, Taylor, K and Trelawney-Ross, D Writing: Steps to Success Levels 3-4+, Hodder and Stoughton.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2002) Consultant Editor for Eames, K, Taylor, K and Trelawney-Ross, D Writing: Steps to Success Levels 5-6+, Hodder and Stoughton.

2001

  • Myhill D. (2001) Professional experience and the investigative imagination - The ART of reflective writing, BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, volume 71, pages 179-180. [PDF]
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2001) Writing: Creating and Crafting, English in Education, volume 35, no. 3, pages 13-20.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2001) Better Writers, Courseware Publications.
  • Myhill, D.A.. (2001) Why shaping and crafting matter, Secondary English Magazine, volume 5, no. 1, pages 15-19.

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