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Black, Katherine A. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
To encourage students to think about and understand the considerable role gender plays in their lives, a writing assignment early in a gender course asks them to consider the impact of permanently becoming the other gender. Students' papers were examined for particular themes, which were used to illustrate course concepts and to spark class…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Course Content, Gender Differences, Sex Role
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Moon, Brian – English in Australia, 2008
"World of Warcraft" is an online computer game with over nine million players, many of them technically-minded young males. A proportion of these young males engage in spontaneous creative writing about their game adventures. They enjoy highly formulaic genres, such as the epic poem, with its complex technical requirements. This has…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Creative Writing, Fantasy, English Teachers