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Download full textTrekles, Anastasia M. – Online Submission, 2012
This paper examines how virtual worlds and other advanced social media can be married with problem-based learning to encourage creativity and critical thinking in the English/Language Arts classroom, particularly for middle school, high school, and undergraduate college education. Virtual world experiences such as "Second Life," Jumpstart.com, and…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Problem Based Learning, Video Games, Critical Thinking
Leal, Priscila – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2015
This article investigates the potential benefits of using children's literature in adult second language (L2) classrooms. A short-term, intensive university course for English reading and writing was designed incorporating children's literature into the curriculum. The author describes the course and discusses how children's literature can be used…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Benefits
Peer reviewedFlanagan, Richard P. – Educational Forum, 1974
Discusses the problems of teaching a creative writing course. (RK)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Literature
Direct linkGordy, Laurie L.; Peary, Alexandria – Teaching Sociology, 2005
The reading and writing of creative writing have the potential to bring sociology to life in a dramatic way. Literature has been used in sociology in one of two ways: to provide sociological evidence and as an object of analysis--a social institution to be studied in its own right. Previous scholarship has proven that the use of literature in…
Descriptors: Imagination, Creative Writing, Autobiographies, Sociology
Ambrose, Don – 2002
Noting that everyday creativity often requires imaginative insight, this book provides opportunities for children and adults to invent and problem solve by confronting puzzling scenarios that invite visual imagination. Each of the 71 activities in the book begins with a scenario that promotes speculative imagination. In the creative- and…
Descriptors: Architecture, Art Activities, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
