Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Guest Editor’s Introduction 4 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Elizabeth Jorgensen, Arrowhead Union High School, jorgensene @ arrowheadschools.org This issue invited contributors to share successful, inventive instruction, lessons, assignments and perspectives that teach facets of creative writing. In our…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… The Text Is in the Context: Calling for a Social Turn in Creative Writing Pedagogy 1 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Kara Mae Brown, College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, karamae.brown @ ccs.ucsb.edu Abstract. Brown argues that creative writing can be taught when those teachers possess evidence-based knowledge…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Creating Innovators through Creative Writing 1 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 John Lando Carter, Department of Educational Leadership, Middle Tennessee State University, lando.carter @ mtsu.edu Abstract. Carter argues that the creative writing classroom is a haven for honing Wagner’s (2008) seven…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Food Stories as Embodied Writing: Practical Creative Writing Pedagogy 1 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Gregory Stephens, Associate Professor of English, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, gregory.stephens @ upr.edu Abstract. Stephens shows that the transferable skills obtained through creative writing pedagogy can also be taught in English Language Arts contexts.…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Using Creative Writing Pedagogies to Teach the Job Application Package in Technical Communication 1 Nov 201726 Apr 2018 Janice Cools-Stephens, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, janice.cools @ upr.edu In technical communication classes, students are always very enthused about learning how to construct and design cover letters…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Excavating the Soul: The Milwaukee Public Museum Student Poetry Competition 1 Nov 201712 Feb 2018 Richard Hedderman, Education Programs Coordinator, Milwaukee Public Museum, hedderman @ mpm.edu Elizabeth Jorgensen, Arrowhead Union High School, jorgensene @ arrowheadschools.org Abstract. Hedderman discusses his approach to evaluating the poems as they’re…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Toward a Unified Front: Fostering Collaboration between Secondary and Postsecondary Creative Writing Teachers 1 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Chris Drew (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Assistant Professor of English, Indiana State University, chris.drew @ indstate.edu Abstract. Drew advocates for increased collaboration between creative writing teachers at the secondary and postsecondary levels.…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Accommodating All Students: A Co-Teaching Approach to Creative Writing 1 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Heidi Hamilton, Arrowhead High School, hamilton @ arrowheadschools.org Elizabeth Jorgensen, Arrowhead High School, jorgensene @ arrowheadschools.org Abstract. Hamilton and Jorgensen explore best practices both for co-teaching and meeting the needs…
