"Process Pedagogy":
In Process Pedagogy by Lad Tobin, Tobin introduces the concept of what exactly process pedagogy is; along with why it should continue to be a pedagogy used to teach writing throughout composition courses. Tobin accomplishes this by looking at the history and evolution of process pedagogy, as well as the sharing of his own experience of transitioning from teaching writing based strictly off of structure and conventions, to eventually incorporating process pedagogy into his own teachings. Tobin (2001) was inspired by the works of Donald Murray and Peter Elbow who essentially believed that writing was more of a “process” rather than a “product” (p. 3). As was the traditional approach of many teachers of writing, Tobin (2001) originally had “talked a great deal about what writing ought to look like when it was read but had never thought to demystify the process by talking about the craft, mechanics, rituals, logistics, atmospherics of the process” (p. 3). As Tobin discusses in his writing, process pedagogy grants writers more freedom in choosing their topic as well as the form for their written assignments. By allowing this, process practitioners believed that their “emphasis on craft, voice, and technique could lead to lively, engaging, dynamic, strongly voiced student essays” (Tobin, 2001,p.5).