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Introduction to Teaching Creative Writing
Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Start Date: 02 Oct, 2023
  • 3 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Identify techniques and learn practical skills to effectively teach creative writing in a variety of different contexts.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

Learn how to best teach Creative Writing as a subject


Creative writing is used in school, college, and university settings worldwide as a subject in its own right, and as a teaching technique for exploring and communicating ideas in almost any discipline.


It’s also increasingly being used within health and social care and criminal justice settings for therapy and personal development.


On this informative, three-week creative writing course, you’ll gain all the skills you need to teach creative writing in your context.


Discover various settings in which creative writing is best used


You’ll get engaged in the debate about the value of creative writing and its uses, and will learn about the various contexts and ways in which creative writing is used. These include:



  • As part of health and social care

  • As a community-building tool

  • A way to develop confidence and empathy

  • A tool for exploring and communicating ideas


Understand the best practices to begin teaching creative writing


You’ll reflect on the ethical considerations when teaching creative writing, and will develop an awareness of safeguarding particular personal issues when practising your teaching in order to make the workspace ‘safe’.


Finally, you’ll develop practical teaching skills and ideas that can be implemented in a variety of situations. This knowledge will help you finetune and model your overall writing process so that you can teach creative writing to your best ability.


Learn from the experts at the Manchester Writing School


The Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University hosts the largest English and creative writing masters programme in the United Kingdom. You’ll be guided throughout by 27 active researchers and teachers within the creative writing field.


This course is primarily designed for English teachers teaching within the UK, freelance writers who have no experience within the pedagogy of creative writing, as well as health, social care and criminal justice professionals who are looking to use creative writing within their respective practice.


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