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The Development of Children's Imaginative Writing (1984) book cover

1st Edition

The Development of Children's Imaginative Writing (1984)

Edited By Helen Cowie Copyright 1984
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge
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Published in 1984. The more we know about young writers, the more we observe them as they write, discuss the composing process with them, talk to them about the sources of their ideas and the difficulties which they encounter as they try to captures thoughts and feelings in words, the greater will be our understanding of imaginative activity and the part it plays in children’s personal and social... Read more

Part I: Fantasy and Imagination: A Developmental Perspective. Introduction, Cowie. 1. The Relevance of Fantasy Play for Development in Young Children, Smith. 2. The Development of Representational Imagination, Tamburrini. 3. The Value of Imaginative Writing, Cowie. Part II: Children’s Writing and the Development of Awareness. Introduction, Cowie. 4. Sex Role Stereotyping in Children’s Imaginative Writing, Davis. 5. An Exploratory Analysis of Children’s Diaries, Pollock. 6. Images for Life? Ollington. Part III: The Writing Process. Introduction, Cowie. 7. Conformity and commitment in Writing, Wason. 8. Revision in the Writer’s Workshop and in the Classroom, Murray, Graves. 9. Analysing Structure in Children’s Fictional Narratives, Kroll, Anson. Part IV: Writers and Audiences. 10. Children’s Conceptions of Writing, Tamburrini, Willig, Butler. 11. The Writing Community: A Case Study of one Junior School Class, Cowie, Hanrott. 12. Patterns of Child Control in the Writing Process, Graves.

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