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The Social Studies and Science Pre-Service Teachers' Experiences of Creative Comics for Environmental Education

“…Because creative writing does not aim to reach correct results with correct information and correct grammar. On the contrary, it aims to reveal original ideas, feelings, and thoughts, even if they are wrong (Orhon, 2020).…”

Creative Intelligence and Creative Writing

“…There is no precise definition of what creative writing is, as many interpretations have been given to the concept of creativity (Kotopoulos, 2012). In an attempt, therefore, to clarify the term, we could say that it is the understanding, exploration and recording of experience (Marshall, 1974), the re-creation of emotional experiences (Sharples, 1996), the spontaneous expression of thoughts and feelings (Gerard, 1996), the enhancement of imagination (Hooker, 1997), the organization and revision of ideas (Harmer, 2004), a discipline involving knowledge and techniques (Dawson, 2005), the original composition (Evernett, 2005), expressive art (O'Rourke, 2005), poetry, prose, drama (HMIE, 2006), a tool of various types of therapy (Morley, 2007), imaginative interpretation of the world (Bennett et al, 2008), intuition and personal memories (Maley, 2009), active engagement with reading and writing (Freiman, 2009), creating imaginative narratives (Nettle, 2009), developing thinking skills (Chen & Zhou, 2010), originality (Temizkan, 2011), the free expression of opinions and feelings (Oral, 2012), a field of research in psychology (Forgeard, Kaufman & Kaufman, 2013), the connection of new information with previous information (Demir, 2013), a kind of catalyst in discussions about cultural differences (Harper, 2014), self-expression in an imaginative way (Ghani & Din, 2017), and finally, creative writing is limitless, as it has the potential to accept all writers, asking them to be completely original (MacVean, 2016), while also being linked to all three aspects of literacy: the functional, the critical and the creative (Kiosses, 2019). In education, the benefits of creative writing are manifold: a) It helps to develop language at all levels, including grammar, vocabulary and phonology.…”

Review of Primary School English Coursebooks in Terms of Creative Writing Activities

“…Thus, a good start to writing types can be achieved by using some creative writing techniques such as free writing, brainstorming, and anecdotal use after the initial activities. Orhon (2008) provides ideas that can help developing creative writing skills, writing poetry by looking through an imaginary window, writing stories with the group, writing stories by deriving words, creating original sayings, creating a dialogue with stuff. Such activities can be included in the textbooks for being used in the classroom, or they can also be used as additional activities.…”