Exploring connections between creative thinking and higher attaining writing

Copping, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0257-297X (2016) Exploring connections between creative thinking and higher attaining writing. Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education, 46 (3). pp. 307-316.

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Abstract

This paper explores writing pedagogy in the primary classroom and connections between children thinking creatively and their achievement in writing. Initially ‘continuing professional development’ for teachers, I designed and facilitated a two-day writing workshop with a class of children around the theme of a Victorian murder mystery. This was observed by primary teachers and then deconstructed. Set within the context of a National Curriculum for English, which focuses more explicitly on the skills of transcription as indicators of quality writing, this paper explores initial findings from a pilot project considering the contribution creative thinking makes to the writing process.

Item Type:	Article
Journal / Publication Title:	Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
ISSN:	1475-7575
Departments:	Academic Departments > Institute of Education (IOE) > Initial Teacher Education (ITE) > Early Years and Primary Undergraduate Partnership QG
Depositing User:	Insight Administrator
Date Deposited:	07 Nov 2016 16:40
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2024 16:17
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/2515

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