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Title: | “Help them understand the complexity, the difficulties and the pleasures of creative writing” : children’s author Libby Gleeson on creativity in education |
Authors: | Xerri, Daniel |
Keywords: | Authors -- Australia Children's literature -- Australia Creative thinking in children Creative writing -- Authorship Education -- Australia English teachers -- Training of -- Australia |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Citation: | Xerri, D. (2017). ‘Help them understand the complexity, the difficulties and the pleasures of creative writing’: Children’s author Libby Gleeson on creativity in education. New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 23(2), 95-105. |
Abstract: | Nurturing young people’s creativity seems to have become one of the foremost goals of education over the past few years. However, a minimal amount of attention is paid to the challenges that teachers face in achieving this goal in the classroom. In this interview-based article, children’s author Libby Gleeson indicates that while an assessment-driven curriculum undermines teachers’ efforts to promote creativity, equally detrimental is their own inability to position themselves as creative practitioners. Based on her professional experience as a writer and educator, Gleeson suggests that teacher education and development can play a pivotal role in helping teachers to nurture their personal creativity. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/115571 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - CenELP |
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