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The Storymaker Wheel: An investigation into how teachers and pupils can use a counter‐culture assessment tool to evaluate creative writing in the classroom

Elliott, Jenny; Southern, Alex

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Alex Southern



Abstract

This paper outlines the processes of creating a ‘Storymaker Wheel’, a creativity evaluation tool conceptualised with input from a children's book author, a children's book illustrator, academics and teachers, for teachers and pupils to use to support and develop their creative writing. It documents the ways in which teachers and pupils engaged with the Wheel in three schools in England: a primary pupil referral unit, a primary school and a secondary school. Interviews with teachers and pupils about the Storymaker Wheel, and classroom observations of the Wheel in use, expose some challenges of teaching creative writing within the current English educational context, which we discuss.

Citation

Elliott, J., & Southern, A. (2021). The Storymaker Wheel: An investigation into how teachers and pupils can use a counter‐culture assessment tool to evaluate creative writing in the classroom. Curriculum Journal, 32(4), 667-687. https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.112

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 23, 2021
Online Publication Date Jun 24, 2021
Publication Date Nov 1, 2021
Deposit Date Jul 5, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Curriculum Journal
Print ISSN 0958-5176
Electronic ISSN 1469-3704
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 4
Pages 667-687
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.112
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5757059
Publisher URL https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/curj.112

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