Creative Writing for Critical Thinking Creating a Discoursal Identit
This book explores narrative imagination and emotion as resources for learning critical meta-reflection. The author examines the learning trajectories of several students as they engage in learning to think critically through a new approach to creative wr
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CREATIVE WRITING FOR CRITICAL THINKING Creating a Discoursal Identity
Creative Writing for Critical Thinking
Hélène Edberg
Creative Writing for Critical Thinking Creating a Discoursal Identity
Hélène Edberg Södertörn University Stockholm, Sweden
ISBN 978-3-319-65490-4 ISBN 978-3-319-65491-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65491-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017954794 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image © ThomasVogel / iStock / Getty Images Plus Cover design by Akihiro Nakayama Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
Can creative writing serve as a method to develop critical thinking? Many writing researchers and university lecturers are engaged in various programmes to enhance students’ writing performances and their capacity to reflect and think critically. In this book, I suggest a new approach to creative writing, emphasizing the learning potential inherent in creative writing as a sociocritical method for learning critical metareflection. Researchers and lecturers spend huge amounts of time and energy trying to understand the writing process and to find best practices. Yet the question remains: Why do some students learn a lot and others little when they write to learn? It is a fascinating question indeed, and this book is an invitation to discuss it. My aim is to explore how the narrative imagination may be used for critical thinking purposes, to open up for new insights into the possibilities of creative writing as a method to develop writers’ critical metareflection. In particular, I explore the potential of creative writing
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