Appraising the Blindspots and Creativity Effects in the Teaching of Essay Writing Among Students with Learning Disabilities (Published)
Effective teaching/learning of essay writing is very crucial to the achievement of educational objectives. This paper, therefore, discussed the aims of teaching essay writing in schools most importantly to students with learning disabilities, notably to develop critical thinking skills in the students; stages involved in essay writing was extensively discussed: pre-writing, writing, post-writing, to mention but a few. The paper also viewed creativity as a key to professional development in the 21st century. Different definitions of creativity as given by some scholars were highlighted and some important components of the concept as well as the features of a creative student were discussed. The paper further discussed some creative methods of teaching essay writing to students with learning disability, among which are potency of technology and bringing of samples to the classroom for students’ observation and learning.
Keywords: Essay Writing, Learning, Teaching, creativity learning disabilities