Thinking for Primary Writing: Improving Children’s Writing Through Creative Thinking

Drawing on the author's personal experience, this book provides a deeper understanding of how children experience the writing process in primary school.The framework termed 'think for writing' demonstrates that training children in creative writing and providing creative thinking opportunities can develop their writing and improve their confidence in writing. Aimed at all teachers and trainees, it examines each element of the framework: the thinking environment, task design, training creative thinking, the building blocks of the writing process, and developing children's creative self-efficacy.This range of ideas and approaches across all elements of the writing process that teachers can adapt, adopt and apply to their own practice.This book also demonstrates that a lot of the key work in developing writing is done in between the building blocks of the writing process.This work in the gaps includes process feedback and feedback on the application of ideas. Ultimately, this book provide