Along with colleagues from the Arvon Foundation, The Open University and University of Exeter I have just begun … More
Category: Research
Thinking allowed?
Photo credit: from Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon (p 138) This is a poster presentation I gave at … More
Making Poetry Happen
Announcing the publication of Making Poetry Happen: Transforming the Poetry Classroom (Bloomsbury, 2015). Making Poetry Happen provides a valuable resource … More
Writing Research Across Borders (a new poem)
I am delighted to have a new poem Writing Research Across Borders (2014): Poster Sessions in Hinterland With thanks to Judi Sutherland … More
The power of poetry (free download) #NATEconf
Here are the text and ppt presentations of my NATE Conference 2014 keynote speech on The Power of Poetry. PDF … More
Teachers’ views of creativity in poetry writing
The third Writing Research Across Borders conference takes place this week in Paris. I will be presenting a poster of … More
Lifesaving Poems: Michael Rosen’s ‘Everybody Verybody’
I once saw Michael Rosen teach a theatre full of tearfully happy children and adults these wonderful nonsense word games … More
Lifesaving Poems: e e cummings’s ‘in Just’
I I first came across e e cummings’s ‘in Just’ in an anthology, Wordscapes, edited by Barry Maybury (OUP, 1971). … More
Lifesaving Poems: Tom Raworth’s ‘8.06 p.m. June 10th 1970’
As I say in my previous blog post, I owe my knowledge of ‘8.06 p.m. June 10th 1970’ to the … More
Recent Research on Poetry in Education
Below is a summary of some recent research on progress in pupils’ poetry writing and teachers’ metaphors of poetry writing … More
In search of the ‘Tyger’: power relationships and poetry in the classroom
When I began teaching the Year 5 class of children whose work would form the basis of my doctoral … More
The Write Team Conference: Creativity, Confidence and Challenge
Creativity and Writing Explored.ppt Download this file > Keynote Address to Conference AW June 2011.ppt Download this file >
Ways With Words: Teachers’ Metalinguistic Understanding of Poetry
This is the powerpoint of the paper I am giving with Debra Myhill at the Writing Across Borders II conference … More
My recent research: Teachers’ metaphors of poetry writing pedagogy
Download now or preview on posterous Teachers’_Metaphors_presentation_Poetry_Matters_Jan_2011.ppt (93 KB) I was pleased to present the attached paper at the ESRC-funded … More
The Write Team: Engaging Invisible Pupils Through Creative Writing
Download now or preview on posterous ESRC_The_Write_Team.pdf (423 KB) Emma Metcalfe from The Bath Festivals’ Write Team has created this poster … More
New Research on Teachers’ Conceptualisations of Poetry Writing
via edlinked.soe.waikato.ac.nz My latest research paper is now published in English Teaching: Practice and Critique Volume 9, Number 3, December … More
