Turns of Thought Summary

Qualley begins this piece by essentially explaining the role of a teacher in a classroom.  Traditionally, teachers are expected to pass on information and insight to students and students are expected to reiterate what they learned in some form of assessment.  However, Qualley reflects on the importance of teachers being open minded to the possibility of learning something themselves.  This  is further supported by her awareness of constantly revising and improving ones own work as a teacher.  Qualley cites Donald Murray's writings to be the source of inspiration for her thoughts.  Qualley mentions the importance of not "adher[ing] to a single formulation"  (4).  By this, Murray is suggesting that there are multiple ways to teach writing and it is crucial to adopt more than one method. 

Qually favors teaching writing through "methods for reflexive inquiry" (5).  Through this method, she teaches writing based on the idea that writing an essay should be based on the "stance the reader/writerz