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
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first-year composition writing pedagogy creative writing teacher development
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