Edited version of a paper presented in the Education and Creativity Symposium at the congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (Adelaide, South Australia, August 1969). (Editor/SW)

Describes the wide variety of personal statements and "mini-poems" on personalized license plates. Suggests that having students collect such statements might be a way of teaching them about the creative potential of language. (EL)

IN CREATIVE WRITING, UNLIKE IN FORMAL COMPOSITION, STUDENTS CHOOSE THEIR OWN FORMS AND MATERIALS TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. SUCH AN OBJECTIVE DEMANDS A CLASSROOM ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH STUDENTS CAN EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY AND CONFIDENTLY WITHOUT FEAR OF HARSH NEGATIVE CRITICISM. IN ADDITION TO WRITING EXTENSIVELY, STUDENTS CAN BE AIDED…

An account of an "intensive writing" experiment to stimulate and teach secondary students to write freely and creatively is given in this book. The experimental teaching method which stresses emotion, brevity, simplicity, and honesty is described, as well as the stimulus used for each writing lesson, the results obtained, and the children's…

Although creative expression and drama in the classroom are important in leading education toward a more humanistic approach to learning as well as toward the development of students capable of responding more rationally to the changing world educators have offered few opportunities for creative student expression. Thus, this book focuses on…

Tells the story of "Jim," a 10th-grade student in "general" English who did nothing in a class until the teacher noticed his creative writing talents. Explains how an assignment to write an autobiography led to the teacher's discovery that Jim is a poet. Notes that Jim went on to complete the course and to complete high school. (TB)

This paper asserts the central function of creativity as a basis of approach to English teaching as an art. Creative writing is discussed as one attempt to discover, release, and enrich the potentialities of being and to give order and structure to the inner world of the child. In order to develop creativity in children, teachers are encouraged…

Children will enjoy creative writing in the primary grades if they are given inspiration, time to write, and the opportunity to share their work with classmates. A second-grade class began a creative writing project by listening to poetry and selecting poems to memorize and recite. This stimulated and encouraged them to evaluate and to write…

Teachers should resist external pressures, such as the British fifth-form examination, which dictate the content and teaching methods of their classes. Instead, teachers should endeavor to keep literature, language, and composition integrated; to emphasize class and group discussions; to find topics that interest pupils, not examiners; to…

Considers literature as something different from the texts themselves (specifically, a way of reading that includes the writer, the text, and the reader) so that the purposes of teachers and readers may be considered, and a flexible approach to selection, organization, and pedagogy be permitted. (SRT)