Pedagogy Apr 2016

The Writing Teacher Who Writes

Mary Hedengren

Abstract

Both creative writing and composition seek to teach writing, yet their pedagogical approaches are poles apart, especially concerning instructors. Creative writing instructors serve as “mentor-models,” whose authority comes from their writing practice rather than (only) departmental sanction. Despite potential pitfalls, a mentor-model approach could reaffirm composition instructors' identities as writers.

Journal
Pedagogy
Published
2016-04-01
DOI
10.1215/15314200-3435820
Open Access
Closed
Topics
multimodality creative writing

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (2)

  1. Adsit et al. (2020)
    Borders Crossed
    Pedagogy
  2. Allen (2018)
    Composition Is the Ethical Negotiation of Fantastical Selves
    College Composition and Communication

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    College Composition and Communication
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    College Composition and Communication
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    College Composition and Communication
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    One Simple Word: From Creative Writing to Creative Writing Studies
    College English
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    Pedagogy
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    College English
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