Creative Writing in the Community: A Guide
Autor Terry Ann Thaxtonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 noi 2013
Connecting classroom experiences to community-based projects, it prepares creative writing students for teaching in schools, homeless centers, youth clubs and care homes.
Each chapter is packed with easy-to-use resources including: specific lesson plans; case studies of students working with community groups; lists of suitable writing examples; "how to..." sections; examples and theoretical applications of creative writing pedagogy and techniques; reflection questions; writings by workshop participants.
Enhanced by contributions from directors,students and teachers at successful public programs, Creative Writing in the Community is more than an essential guide for students on creative writing courses and leaders of community-based learning programs; it is practical demonstration of the value of art in society.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781441111944
ISBN-10: 1441111948
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1441111948
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Preface
Introduction
1. Storytelling is for Everyone
2. Leaving Campus
3. Making a Plan
4. Taking the Leap
5. Writing and Being
6. Discovering the Pleasure of Poetry and Storytelling in the World
7. Creative Writing as Social Activism
8. Doing Creative Writing
9. Changing Them, Changing You, Changing the World 1
10. Giving Community Members (a Loud) Voice
11. Publishing Your CBL Project
12. The Value of Creative Writing in the World
Appendix A: Resources for students
Appendix B: Resources for teachers
Appendix C: Additional Resources for teachers and students
Notes and Sources
Index
Introduction
1. Storytelling is for Everyone
2. Leaving Campus
3. Making a Plan
4. Taking the Leap
5. Writing and Being
6. Discovering the Pleasure of Poetry and Storytelling in the World
7. Creative Writing as Social Activism
8. Doing Creative Writing
9. Changing Them, Changing You, Changing the World 1
10. Giving Community Members (a Loud) Voice
11. Publishing Your CBL Project
12. The Value of Creative Writing in the World
Appendix A: Resources for students
Appendix B: Resources for teachers
Appendix C: Additional Resources for teachers and students
Notes and Sources
Index
Recenzii
Terry Ann Thaxton's thorough and thoughtful guide to community-based creative writing programs mixes inspiring stories with concrete strategies to turn inspiration into action. The voices gathered in Creative Writing in the Community make the strongest possible case for the value of the literary arts and convey the joy of helping students find their voices as writers, whether those students are seven or seventy years old.
Creative Writing in the Community is a unique, comprehensive guidebook - an indispensable, whole-hearted resource both for aspiring writing teachers and practicing writers who, like the author, believe that the union of creative writing and service based learning can build confidence and generate, in learners from all walks of life, a sense of hope, possibility, and purpose.
Creative Writing in the Community is a unique, comprehensive guidebook - an indispensable, whole-hearted resource both for aspiring writing teachers and practicing writers who, like the author, believe that the union of creative writing and service based learning can build confidence and generate, in learners from all walks of life, a sense of hope, possibility, and purpose.
Caracteristici
Includes case studies, lesson plans, "how to..." sections and examples of creative writing pedagogy.
Notă biografică
Terry Ann Thaxton is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Central Florida, USA.