Creative Writing Innovations

Creative Writing Innovations
Author: Michael Dean Clark
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2017-02-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1474297188

When teachers experiment, students benefit. When students gain confidence to pursue their own literary experiments, creative writing can become a life-changing experience. With chapters written by experienced teachers and classroom innovators, Creative Writing Innovations builds on these principles to uncover the true potential of the creative writing classroom. Rooted in classroom experience, this book takes teaching beyond the traditional workshop model to explore topics such as multi-media genres, collaborative writing and field-based work, as well as issues of identity. Taken together, this is an essential guide for teachers of creative writing at all levels from the authors and editors of Creative Writing in the Digital Age.

Innovative Practices in Creative Writing Teaching

Innovative Practices in Creative Writing Teaching
Author: Graeme Harper
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2022-12-08
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1527591158

Associated with creativity, originality, newness and invention, innovation is a frequent component of creative writing. However, how, where and when does innovation occur in creative writing teaching? The writing arts combine common, established aspects of communicating through the written word with elements of originality that extend or challenge how written language is used. Different forms, genre and styles of creative writing stay close to or move further away from the writing mainstream. What about creative writing teaching—are there different levels or types of innovation? Exploring such innovation, this volume gathers together contributors whose teaching stories provide direction, stimulus and much encouragement for those seeking to innovate in how creative writing is taught and therefore, ultimately, how it is learnt.

Creative Writing Pedagogies for the Twenty-First Century

Creative Writing Pedagogies for the Twenty-First Century
Author: Alexandria Peary
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2015-06-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0809334046

The creative writing workshop: beloved by some, dreaded by others, and ubiquitous in writing programs across the nation. For decades, the workshop has been entrenched as the primary pedagogy of creative writing. While the field of creative writing studies has sometimes myopically focused on this single method, the related discipline of composition studies has made use of numerous pedagogical models. In Creative Writing Pedagogies for the Twenty-First Century, editors Alexandria Peary and Tom C. Hunley gather experts from both creative writing and composition studies to offer innovative alternatives to the traditional creative writing workshop. Drawing primarily from the field of composition studies—a discipline rich with a wide range of established pedagogies—the contributors in this volume build on previous models to present fresh and inventive methods for the teaching of creative writing. Each chapter offers both a theoretical and a historical background for its respective pedagogical ideas, as well as practical applications for use in the classroom. This myriad of methods can be used either as a supplement to the customary workshop model or as stand-alone roadmaps to engage and reinvigorate the creative process for both students and teachers alike. A fresh and inspiring collection of teaching methods, Creative Writing Pedagogies for the Twenty-First Century combines both conventional and cutting-edge techniques to expand the pedagogical possibilities in creative writing studies.

Creative Composition

Creative Composition
Author: Danita Berg
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2015
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1783093633

This book brings together contemporary authors and well-respected creative writing instructors and theorists to explore ways creativity in composition may be encouraged in student writers. The question in this anthology is not 'Can writing be taught?' but 'How can we inspire students to embrace the creative process no matter what they write?'

Creative Writing Studies

Creative Writing Studies
Author: Graeme Harper
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 184769019X

Here creative writers who are also university teachers monitor their contribution to this popular discipline in essays that indicate how far it has come in the USA, the UK and Australia.

Creativity and Writing

Creativity and Writing
Author: Teresa Grainger
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2005-05-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134332823

This accessible yet authoritative book considers and encourages flexible, playful and innovative practices in the teaching of writing, and shows how certain practices can develop children's creative and linguistic potential and their overall skill

Theories and Strategies for Teaching Creative Writing Online

Theories and Strategies for Teaching Creative Writing Online
Author: Tamara Girardi
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2021-04-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000374483

As the online world of creative writing teaching, learning, and collaborating grows in popularity and necessity, this book explores the challenges and unique benefits of teaching creative writing online. This collection highlights expert voices who have taught creative writing effectively in the online environment, to broaden the conversation regarding online education in the discipline, and to provide clarity for English and writing departments interested in expanding their offerings to include online creative writing courses but doing so in a way that serves students and the discipline appropriately. Interesting as it is useful, Theories and Strategies for Teaching Creative Writing Online offers a contribution to creative writing scholarship and begins a vibrant discussion specifically regarding effectiveness of online education in the discipline.

Whole Novels for the Whole Class

Whole Novels for the Whole Class
Author: Ariel Sacks
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2013-10-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118526503

Work with students at all levels to help them read novels Whole Novels is a practical, field-tested guide to implementing a student-centered literature program that promotes critical thinking and literary understanding through the study of novels with middle school students. Rather than using novels simply to teach basic literacy skills and comprehension strategies, Whole Novels approaches literature as art. The book is fully aligned with the Common Core ELA Standards and offers tips for implementing whole novels in various contexts, including suggestions for teachers interested in trying out small steps in their classrooms first. Includes a powerful method for teaching literature, writing, and critical thinking to middle school students Shows how to use the Whole Novels approach in conjunction with other programs Includes video clips of the author using the techniques in her own classroom This resource will help teachers work with students of varying abilities in reading whole novels.

New Ways in Creative Writing

New Ways in Creative Writing
Author: Patrick T. Randolph
Publisher:
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2020-02-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9781942799863

Creative writing offers multiple genres that give your ELs an opportunity to practice many types of writing skills. Poetry, prose, dialogue, and creative non-fiction are just a few of the myriad styles, forms, and skills that can help ELs broaden their understanding of what writing is all about, while making them better writers. But most of all, creative writing is fun! The new volume offers over 95 creative activities.

Old and New, Tried and Untried

Old and New, Tried and Untried
Author: Jeri Kroll
Publisher: Common Ground Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2016-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781612298405

Throughout the twentieth century, the world of higher education appeared to be stable and familiar. Universities delivered education and research under well-established discipline headings, and art schools delivered craft and field knowledge. Toward the end of that century, the relationship between the academy and the creative arts sector changed, and the role of teachers of creative practice and the expectations of tertiary creative arts courses changed with it. The past decades have been characterized by an ongoing debate about the respective value of teaching, creative practice, and research-particularly about the capacity of the arts to deliver research. This volume, from a distinguished list of academic writers and creators, offers contributions to these dialogues, as well as analyses of the international environment for the creative arts in the academy and the key government policies currently shaping the field.