Mills Creativity: January 2010

This is the Class Schedule

Date	Reading	Theory Discussion	Teaching discussion
1/26	New Yorker Article is attached please read it by the class	What is creativity, how do we define it, use it, teach it etc	The basic tool of CW classes: the workshop
2/2	From *Creators on Creating: Intro; Dillard; Halprin; Miller; Calvino, Foucault; Milner, Zappa; From Creativity Where is Creativity*	Where does creativity come from—generalized ideas along the arts	How we access the creative spirit? What does that mean to our students? How we talk about it?
2/9	From *Creators on Creating* Bechet; Momaday; Eno; Da Vinci; Stravisky; Duncan; Olivier http://www.cwteaching.com/#/issue-1/4532716648 David Whish Wilson	What creativity means to the writer in particular	Goals for creative writing classes that have to do with creativity and not with academic or craft knowledge?
2/16	From *Creativity* The Work of Creativity From Colors* Teaching Creative Writing, If the Shoe Fits*	How the mind works creatively Have you made the appointment for the observation?	traditional western methodologies
2/23	*Creativit*y: The Flow of Creativity in class handout	East west analysis	Going through the body
3/2	*Horse:* Reconsidering the writing workshop http://www.cwteaching.com/#/issue-1/4532716648 Gil James	what is workshop- role play	teacher as….
3/9	*Creativity* The Flow of Creativity *Colors:* Camion; Elliott; Brand; Clair; Pennise; Coover, Bizarro	AT least 2 reading responses by now What is the value of workshops; what are the alternatives; how to write a syllabus based on pedagogical philosophies	making the syllabus
3/16	*Creativity: The Domain of the Word*	Teaching observation reports	Teaching observation is due
3/23	Spring Break
3/30	Article discussion	Group teaching	Final paper discussion
4/6		Group Teaching
4/13	creative writing texts	Text analysis;	Group teaching
4/20		what goes in a creative writing major	Creating an undergraduate major
4/27	Last day	Paper Due