Exploring Young Adult Literature Writer Identity in Secondary English Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22427648 |
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| Authors | T Hunter Strickland (0000-0002-8360-8964, Augusta University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Literacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-4350 • E-ISSN: 1741-4369 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lit.70040 |
| OpenAlex | W7162019429 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Writing in secondary English teacher education has often coalesced around writing the argumentative term or research paper as a singular and mandatory predictor of adolescent writing achievement. This has translated into the teaching of academic writing as the most important focus of writing methods taught to preservice secondary English teachers as they prepare to teach writing in secondary English classrooms. However, the dry and often boring ways that traditional writing has been taught for decades have often left students and teachers alike desperate for something more engaging and stimulating than writing whose sole purpose is often to meet state or federal teaching standards alone. In contrast, young adult literature (YAL) has grown in popularity as a method of teaching secondary reading because of its ability to use student interest and pleasure in reading while meeting the same standards and goals that traditional texts can. Therefore, it is an easy step to apply the great potential of using YAL to foster students' reading identities to fostering students' writer identities while also engaging with writing for creativity and pleasure on students' interests. Furthermore, the great potential of fostering student identities as writers lies in their ability to use their writing of YAL as a catalyst to explore their own identities, communities and stories in a way that is approachable to both themselves and their peers.
Academic writing · Argumentative · Creative writing · Creativity · Pleasure · Popularity · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Reading and Literacy Development · Writing and Handwriting Education
Developing Pre-Service Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Reading for Pleasure
Responding to a cry in the wilderness
Creative Writing of Young Adult Literature
Suturing language
Critical or Creative? The Creature Writes to Victor Frankenstein
Why Teach Creative Writing? Examining the Challenges of Its Pedagogies
Najma’s Snow
Teachers as writers
Research in Creative Writing
The Dialogic Interplay of Writing and Teaching Writing
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