[PDF] Teaching Cultural Dexterity In Creative Writing eBook

Author : Micah McCrary
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Creative writing
ISBN : 9781350237162

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"Blending resources from creative writing studies, sociolinguistics, and writing and composition studies, this series of essays offers a formula for important changes within creative writing instruction, probing how it might be more inclusive and accessible for marginalized student-authors. Aimed at graduate student instructors as the future of teaching, and other teacher-practitioners of the subject, this book uses anticolonial, feminist, and antiracist methodologies to explore the 21st-century professional, institutional, and theoretical concerns surrounding creative writing practices in North American higher education. At the forefront of this vital resource is Micah McCrary's exploration of the ways creative writing pedagogy and theory can be adapted for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and non-native English student-authors who often inhabit minoritized and marginalized positions within colleges and universities. Applying as a frame the notion of cultural dexterity as it is taught to medical professionals to allow them to engage effectively with patients from all backgrounds, ethnics groups and with all sensitivities, Before and Beyond Craft examines why and how creative writing instruction needs to be urgently renegotiated. In this essential text for all creative writing instructors, McCray provides all the tools necessary to take positive action with discussions of potential readings, writing prompts and sample course materials."--

Author : Micah McCrary
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 14,55 MB
Release : 2023-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1350237159

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Aimed toward graduate student instructors and other creative writing educators, Teaching Cultural Dexterity in Creative Writing offers a formula for important changes in creative writing instruction-especially in literary/creative nonfiction, probing how instruction might become more inclusive and accessible for minoritized/marginalized student-authors. The book chapters use antiracist, trauma-informed, and anticolonial frameworks toward exploring the 21st-century professional, theoretical, and institutional concerns surrounding creative writing practices in North American higher education. As a result, the book explores ways creative writing pedagogies and theories might be adapted for racially and linguistically marginalized (by English) student-authors, who often inhabit minoritized positions within North American colleges and universities. Applying as a frame the notion of cultural dexterity as it is taught to medical professionals to allow them to engage effectively with patients from all backgrounds, ethnics groups and with all sensitivities, Teaching Cultural Dexterity in Creative Writing examines why and how creative writing instruction needs to be urgently renegotiated. In this essential text for all creative writing instructors, McCray provides all the tools necessary to take positive action with discussions of potential readings, writing prompts and sample course materials.

Author : Ryan Thorpe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 12,58 MB
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 1000467406

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This timely and accessible book offers engaging guidance to teachers of second language students on teaching creative writing in their classrooms. Creative writing is a tool that can inspire second language learners to write more, play with language, and enjoy and improve not only their writing, but also their speaking, listening, and reading skills. Addressing the expectations and perceptions of writing in another language, Thorpe demonstrates how to foster successful creative writing environments and teach and assess creative writing in a way that is tailored to the distinct needs of non-native speakers. Covering key topics such as cultural storytelling, voice, genre, and digital composition, assessment, and more, Thorpe shares successful creative writing instructional practices informed by current research in creative writing and second language education. Each chapter includes insights, advice, and student examples that can help new teachers take their first steps in more reflective second language creative writing classroom. An invaluable resource for instructors of non-native students and an ideal text for pre-service teachers in courses in TESOL, writing instruction, and applied linguistics, this book invites you to use creative writing not only as a successful method for teaching L2 writing, but also as a way to improve student motivation and output, for more effective language learning.

Author : Wendy Bishop
Publisher :
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 20,52 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :

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After a brief review of the history of college writing instruction, this book examines the undergraduate creative writing workshop. The book attempts to reweave the currently separate strands of college-level creative writing instruction and composition instruction in the belief that developments in these perhaps artificially separated areas can and should enrich each other. In design, the book should serve the students in the creative writing workshops to the extent that it asks their teachers to consider new ways of approaching their academic subject. Chapters in the book include: (1) "Writers in Motion"; (2) "Writers and Researchers on Writing"; (3) "Options in Design"; (4) "Generating Writing"; (5) "Ten Inventions and Variations": (6) "Collaborative Composing and Imitations"; (7) "Responding and Revising"; and (8) "Evaluating and Responding." (A 125-item annotated bibliography and response protocol sheets designed to help students complete creative writing critique sessions are attached.) (RS)

Author : Stephanie Vanderslice
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 36,74 MB
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1350276510

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The only textbook of its kind, this all-in-one introduction guides you through the history, theories and practices of creative writing you need to know to teach this ever-expanding and infinitely rewarding subject successfully in higher education. Asking you to think reflectively about the discipline throughout, this book offers a bridge between teaching and learning of the subject to help you develop effective and informed methods that will enliven your classroom and help you discover the best practice for you. Based on the author's two decades of teaching and research in creative writing theory and pedagogy, and on feedback from a range of instructors in the field, Stephanie Vanderslice brings forward this essential companion for students and teachers engaging with the study and instruction of creative writing. Written in Vanderslice's trademark cogent, conversational style, Teaching Creative Writing gives you the tools to understand creative writing as a subject and a practice and offers you a ready-to-use blueprint for planning your first creative writing classes. It covers such critical topics as: - How research into the development of the creative writer might influence your classroom environment - The need to free students from damaging myths and pervasive lore - The use of revision and editing - Creating inclusive classroom spaces and workshops - The place of genre in creative writing - Teaching students to work multi-modally - How to assess and grade work - Introducing students to the literary community - Teaching creative writing online Building on what it means to teach creative writing in the 21st century, this book leads you through creating your own syllabi, course plans, and statements of teaching philosophies, features capsule interviews with experts on key topics, and includes an online companion resource which features teacher guides to using the book.

Author : Helen Stockton
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 14,52 MB
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1472110129

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If you teach creative writing or facilitate a writing group, you will want to inspire, inform and encourage would-be writers. This book is a unique, practical resource offering guidance, ideas and exercises to help you do just that. It moves from planning and structuring courses to giving ideas and exercises on all the key aspects of creative writing, providing a wealth of really useful advice and tips. It will enable you to pass on your particular expertise and enthusiasm imaginatively and professionally to all your students. · Guidance on teaching all the skills of creative writing · Ideas on lesson content, example exercises and setting homework · Support on dealing with problems and adapting for different abilities · Tips on group management and feedback · A – Z of specific genres with examples of learning activities. This book will ensure that your teaching will be effective, fun and immensely rewarding.

Author : Kelly Ritter
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 23,18 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN :

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The process of creativity is shrouded in mystery and lore, but that doesn't mean that the teaching of creative writing has to remain in the dark. "Can It Really Be Taught?" shines a bright light on creative writing pedagogy, with a special focus on that hallmark of fiction and poetry classes everywhere - the workshop - in order to discover what works, what doesn't, and what is purely apocryphal. s"Can It Really Be Taught? "offers a critical look at the pedagogical lore of creative writing that has been, up until now, accepted unquestioningly. Fifteen experienced teachers and researchers analyze long-accepted elements and theories of teaching creative writing, such as: workshop practices the canon of creative-writing craft books the criteria for grading (including the myth of the easy A) ways to use the mythologized presence of the writer in film. In examining these pedagogical practices and the thinking behind them, as well as the reasons for their popularity, "Can It Really Be Taught?" offers a range of best practices grounded in relevant theory and based on research, experience, and success. sTeachers solely responsible for creative writing, along with faculty and graduate students from all of English, will find great value in the thought-provoking essays within "Can It Really Be Taught?" Let creativity have its mystery, but take the mystery out of teaching creative writing. Read "Can It Really Be Taught?" and join a new conversation on creative writing's fundamental importance to English studies.s

Author : Steve Bowkett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2014-10-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 1441118950

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Why should children learn to write fluently? What difference will it make to them and the opportunities available to them later on in life? The ability to communicate clearly, accurately and persuasively is a vital life skill. Deficiencies in motivation and thinking skills pervade the challenge of improving children's literacy levels. Get Them Thinking Like Writers! combines practical activities to help children aged 7-11 develop their writing skills, with insights into the attitude that experienced writers apply to their craft. The activities explore different working methods - such as how authors tap into and develop their creativity and how they deal with 'writer's block' - and are supported by strategies for thinking that will develop children's literacy and the way they use language to express their opinions in all subject areas. Steve Bowkett, author, storyteller and education consultant, provides the key concepts and learning benefits of each strategy, along with a series of activities, extension ideas and useful links. Linked resources can be found on the series companion website.

Author : Michael Dean Clark
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1474297196

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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.