Introduction to Teaching Creative Writing
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Introduction to Teaching Creative Writing at FutureLearn Overview
Introduction to Teaching Creative Writing
at FutureLearn
Identify techniques and learn practical skills to effectively teach creative writing in a variety of different contexts.
Duration | 3 weeks |
Total fee | ₹1,814 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Credential | Certificate |
Introduction to Teaching Creative Writing
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- Highlights
- Course Details
- Curriculum
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Introduction to Teaching Creative Writing
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- Earn a certificate from Manchester Metropolitan University
Introduction to Teaching Creative Writing at FutureLearn Course details
Introduction to Teaching Creative Writing
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Skills you will learn
More about this course
- Creative writing is used in school, college, and university settings worldwide as a subject in its own right, and as a teaching technique for exploring and communicating ideas in almost any discipline.
- It's also increasingly being used within health and social care and criminal justice settings for therapy and personal development.
- On this informative, three-week creative writing course, you'll gain all the skills you need to teach creative writing in your context.
- You'll get engaged in the debate about the value of creative writing and its uses, and will learn about the various contexts and ways in which creative writing is used. These include:
- You'll reflect on the ethical considerations when teaching creative writing, and will develop an awareness of safeguarding particular personal issues when practising your teaching in order to make the workspace "safe"
- Finally, you'll develop practical teaching skills and ideas that can be implemented in a variety of situations. This knowledge will help you finetune and model your overall writing process so that you can teach creative writing to your best ability.
- The Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University hosts the largest English and creative writing masters programme in the United Kingdom. You'll be guided throughout by 27 active researchers and teachers within the creative writing field.
Introduction to Teaching Creative Writing at FutureLearn Curriculum
Introduction to Teaching Creative Writing
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Can you teach Creative Writing and how should you do it?
Welcome
Can Creative Writing be taught?
Journalling your experience
Free Writing
Generating ideas
Reflection
Where can you teach Creative Writing?
Creative Writing outside of the academy
Community Writing
Stakeholders
A Creative Writing resource
Reflection
How has it been done, and how might you do it differently?
Introduction
The workshop: history and set up
The workshop: manifesto and ethos
Improvisation and decentring the self
How to construct a writing exercise
Final reflection
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