Creativity and Discovery in the University Writing Class

Editor's PrefaceIntroduction1 Towards a Creativity and Discovery-based UniversityWriting Curriculum Tracey Costley, Alice Chik, and Martha C. PenningtonPart 1. Framing Creativity and Discovery in theTeaching and Learning of Writing 2 Creativity in Language Teaching Jack C. Richards, Regional Language Centre, Singapore3 Creating Identities in an Intertextual World Charles Bazerman, University of California, Santa Barbara4 Writing Creativity and Discovery: Process and Pedagogy Martha C. PenningtonPart 2. Enlarging the View of Genre and Communityin Academic Writing 5 Writing Differently: Creating Different Spaces forStudent Learning Fiona English, Institute of Education, University of Londonvi Creativity and Discovery in the University Writing Class6 Creative Approaches to Research-Based Essays Theresa Malphrus Welford, Teacher and writer7 Local Voices, Global Imagination: Using Ethnographyas a Creative Approach to Student Research andAcademic Writing Pauline Burton, Community College of City University, Hong Kong8 Reconsidering the Essay's Definition in the UniversityClassroom: Writing, Disjunction, and the Active Natureof Thought Olivia Archibald, St Martin's University, near Seattle9 The Wide World of Nonfiction: Breaking Barriers ofForm to Empower and Improve Student Writing Sonya Huber, Fairfield UniversityPart 3. Applying Techniques from Creative Writingand Literature to University Writing 10 The Creative "I" Workshop Xu Xi, City University of Hong Kong11 Travel Writing without Leaving Home Robin Hemley, University of Iowa12 May the Farce Be with You: Reflections on "ExtremePuppet Theater" as a Vehicle toward Something Else Mark Spitzer, University of Central Arkansas13 Highways and Sinkholes: Incorporating CreativityStrategies in the Writing Classroom Shirley Geok-lin Lim, University of California, Santa BarbaraPart 4. Supporting Creativity and Discovery inComposing Multimedia Texts 14 Watching/Reading: Graphic Narratives andUniversity Writing Jeffrey Mather, City University of Hong Kong15 Re-Presenting Academic Writing to Popular Audiences:Using Digital Infographics and Timelines David R. Gruber, City University of Hong Kong16 Online Writing as a Discovery Process: SynchronousCollaboration Brian W. King, City University of Hong Kong17 Mashing, Modding, and Memeing: Writing for aNew Generation of University Students Rodney H. Jones, City University of Hong Kong