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

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: Jul 5, 2021
• Journal: Curriculum Journal
• Print ISSN: 0958-5176
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-3704
• Publisher: Routledge
• 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