Stephanie Vanderslice

Teaching Creative Writing (eBook, ePUB)

The Essential Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350276512
• Artikelnr.: 69537224

Autorenporträt

Stephanie Vanderslice is Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the Arkansas Writer's MFA Workshop at the University of Central Arkansas, USA and is the Chairperson of the Creative Writing Studies Organization. Her column, The Geek's Guide to the Writing Life appears regularly in the Huffington Post. She publishes fiction, nonfiction and creative writing criticism including Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught?: Resisting Lore in Creative Writing Pedagogy, Teaching Creative Writing to Undergraduates: A Guide and Sourcebook Rethinking Creative Writing.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Preface: Stephanie Vanderslice Chapter 1 How We Got Here: The
History of Creative Writing in Higher Education Chapter 2 Research and the
Teaching of Creative Writing: Why It Matters Chapter 3 Reading and Writing:
Helping Students Make the Connection Chapter 4 Processes of Composing:
Teaching and Modeling Generative Processes Chapter 5 Creating an Inclusive
Creative Writing Classroom Chapter 6 Literary, Genre Writing: Teaching
Beyond The False Dichotomy Chapter 7 The Creative Writing Workshop Chapter
8 Revision, Responding, Assessing Chapter 9 Digital Creative Writing
Chapter 10 Special Issues in Creative Writing: Trauma Informed Teaching,
Mental Health, Disability-Informed Pedagogy82 Chapter 11 Teaching Creative
Writing in General Education and Across the Curriculum Chapter 12 Literary
Citizenship and Professional Issues Chapter 13 The Sustainable College
Teaching-Writing Career Appendix A Further Resources Appendix B Your
Teaching Philosophy Appendix C Your Syllabus References Notes on
Contributors Index