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Creative writers teach in schools, universities and the community, on retreats, in theatres and in workshops. Teaching is often a key part of a writer’s career, and there are rich possibilities creative arts education across a huge range of contexts. But how do you teach creative writing? Can you? This series offers anyone considering teaching creative writing as part of their career development the opportunity to look in detail at the theory and practice of creative writing pedagogy in a variety of institutional and community settings.
The series will address the historical principles and contemporary critiques of creative writing pedagogy, and how these are responding to wider institutional and societal developments. It will consider in detail the theory and practice of employing these pedagogical skills both within and outside higher education. Attendees will be invited to reflect on future possibilities and challenges for the development of creative writing teaching, enabling a deeper awareness and knowledge of creative writing as a subject of study, a future career, and a creative practice.
Students are not expected to attend all the sessions, but the series has been designed to allow for an arc of learning from theoretical principles to practical engagement.
The sessions will take place online via Microsoft Teams, once a month for the 2020/21 academic year.
You can sign up for individual sessions using the links below:
13 October | 1100-1200 | Creative writing pedagogy: past, present and future
25 November | 1430-1745 | Pedagogy in practice: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenwriting
19 January 2021 | 1100-1230 | Decolonisation and inclusivity in creative writing
9 February 2021 | 1100-1230 | Show don’t tell: feminist pedagogy in the creative writing classroom
9 March 2021 | 1100-1230 | Writing in the Community
