Creative Writing and Education

This book explores creative writing and its various relationships to education through a number of short, evocative chapters written by key players in the field. At times controversial, the book presents issues, ideas and pedagogic practices related to creative writing in and around education, with a focus on higher education.

About the author

Graeme Harper is a Professor of Creative Writing at Oakland University, Michigan, USA. He is Series Editor of New Writing Viewpoints, as well as Editor of New Writing: the International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. Graeme was the inaugural chair of the Higher Education Committee at the UK's National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE). He is an award-winning fiction writer and a former Commonwealth Scholar in Creative Writing.

Summary

This book explores creative writing and its various relationships to education through a number of short, evocative chapters written by key players in the field. At times controversial, the book presents issues, ideas and pedagogic practices related to creative writing in and around education, with a focus on higher education.

Product details

• Authors: Graeme Harper, Graeme Harper
• Assisted by: Graeme Harper (Editor), Prof Graeme Harper (Editor)
• Publisher: Channel View Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2015
• EAN: 9781783093533
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-353-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 211 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: New Writing Viewpoints; New Writing Viewpoints
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works