Dr Francis Gilbert

Creative and Life Writing; Educational Studies

Book

Gilbert, Francis . 2019. Snow on the Danube. London: Blue Door Press. ISBN 9781916475403

Gilbert, Francis . 2018. The Mindful English Teacher: A Toolkit for Learning and Well-Being. London: FGI Publishing. ISBN 978-1974255863

Gilbert, Francis . 2017. Who Do You Love. London: Blue Door Press. ISBN 978-1539626183

Gilbert, Francis . 2017. How to Get A Great English Degree. London: FGI Publishing. ISBN 978-1492282181

Edited Book

Brankin, Emma; Gilbert, Francis and Sharples, Carinya , eds. 2020. Inspire: Exciting Ways to Teach Creative Writing. London: Gold Publishing. ISBN 9781913694043

Gilbert, Francis , ed. 2020. Dreams and Nightmares: The Gold Schools Anthology 2020. London: Gold Schools Publishing. ISBN 9781913694029

Edited Journal

Gilbert, Francis , ed. 2020. Writing in Practice, Writing in Practice, 6. 2058-5535

Book Section

Gilbert, Francis . 2020. The Haunted House: Teaching Creative Writing Through Collaborative Learning to 9-13 year olds. In: Emma Branking; Francis Gilbert and Carinya Sharples, eds. Inspire: Exciting Ways of Teaching Creative Writing. Centre for Language, Culture and Learning, pp. 107-125. ISBN 9781913694043

Article

Gilbert, Francis ; Daly, Grainne and Riley, Peggy. 2021. Letting it all spill out: the benefits of venting for creative writing teachers and students. Writing in Education, 84, ISSN 1361-8539

Gilbert, Francis . 2021. Diagrarting: Theorising and practising new ways of writing. New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, ISSN 1479-0726

Gilbert, Francis . 2021. What’s Next? Ecoliteracies and creative writing. Writing in Education, 83, pp. 12-19. ISSN 1361-8539

Gilbert, Francis . 2021. Teaching Creative Writing Online: Research-Informed Strategies. Writing in Education, 83, pp. 89-91. ISSN 1361-8539

Gilbert, Francis and Macleroy, Vicky . 2021. Different ways of descending into the crypt: methodologies and methods for researching creative writing. New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, 18(3), pp. 253-271. ISSN 1479-0726

Gilbert, Francis . 2021. Why teach creative writing? Examining the challenges of its pedagogies. Changing English, 28(2), pp. 148-168. ISSN 1358-684X

Gilbert, Francis . 2020. Lockdown lessons: Teaching and working during the Covid-19 crisis. Writing in Education, 81, pp. 31-40. ISSN 1361-8539

Gilbert, Francis and Matthews, Miranda . 2020. Finding a new path: Building affective online learning spaces for creative writing and arts practice. BERA Blog,

Matthews, Miranda and Gilbert, Francis . 2020. Finding a new path: Building affective online learning spaces for creative writing and arts practice. British Educational Research Association,

Gilbert, Francis . 2020. Whatever Happened to the New Man? Blue Door Press Blog,

Gilbert, Francis . 2020. 8 Ways To Teach spelling, punctuation and grammar. Teaching English, 22, pp. 49-52. ISSN 2051-7971

Gilbert, Francis and Pitfield, Maggie . 2019. Teaching 1984 in the surveillance culture of schools. English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 18(1), pp. 85-99. ISSN 1175-8708

Gilbert, Francis . 2019. Mindfulness and Creative Writing. Writing in Education(77), ISSN 1361-8539

Gilbert, Francis . 2019. The Teachers' Standards and English Teaching. Teaching English(19), pp. 33-36. ISSN 2051-7971

Gilbert, Francis . 2018. Riding the Reciprocal Teaching Bus A teacher’s reflections on nurturing collaborative learning in a school culture obsessed by results. Changing English, 25(2), pp. 146-162. ISSN 1469-3585

Gilbert, Francis . 2018. Aesthetic literacy and autobiography. Writing in Practice, 4, ISSN 2058-5535

Gilbert, Francis . 2018. Mindfulness and English Teaching. Teaching English, 16, pp. 54-56. ISSN 2051-7971

Gilbert, Francis . 2017. Where did all the male teachers go? The Times, ISSN 0140-0460

Gilbert, Francis . 2017. Dreaming of a Better World. Teaching English,

Gilbert, Francis . 2017. The Creative Writing Teacher’s Toolkit. Writing in Education, 2017(73),

Gilbert, Francis . 2016. The Dark Alleyway. Writing in Education, 70(2016), ISSN 1361-8539

Francis, Gilbert . 2016. We need to reform the academy system – and stop the power-hungry super-heads. The Guardian, ISSN 0261-3077

Gilbert, Francis . 2016. Aesthetic Learning, Creative Writing and English Teaching. Changing English, 23(3), pp. 257-268. ISSN 1358-684X

Gilbert, Francis . 2016. Freedom and the new English GCSEs. Teaching English,

Gilbert, Francis . 2016. The Party in the Snow. GLITS-E, 2015/6(5),

Gilbert, Francis . 2015. Corbyn? Blimey, yes! Politico EU,

Gilbert, Francis . 2014. 'Sacked': Extract from the novel Who Do You Love? Glits-e: a Journal of Criticism, 4,

Gilbert, Francis . 2012. 'But sir, I lied – The value of autobiographical discourse in the classroom'. English in Education, 46(2), pp. 198-211. ISSN 0425-0494

Gilbert, Francis . 2012. Novel extract from Who Do You Love? Glits-e: a Journal of Criticism, 2,

Conference or Workshop Item

Gilbert, Francis ; Leena, Dhingra and Steve, Roberts. 2020. 'Decolonising Creative Writing Conference presentation'. In: Decolonising Creative Writing. United Kingdom 11 December 2020.

Matthews, Miranda and Francis, Gilbert . 2020. 'Affective Digital Presence in Creative Practice'. In: Centre for Arts and Learning, Affective Digital Presence in Creative Practice. Online 3 November 2020.

Gilbert, Francis . 2019. 'Improving your results without teaching to the test'. In: Improving Results without teaching to the test: four key lessons. Cambridge, United Kingdom 27 March 2019.

Gilbert, Francis . 2017. 'Reciprocity and reading'. In: Reciprocity and reading. Goldsmiths, United Kingdom 14th September 2017.

Audio

Gilbert, Francis . 2016. Lines of Work: Teacher Francis Gilbert on Rousseau.

Thesis

Gilbert, Francis . 2015. Who Do You Love? The Novel of my Life (Creative Writing thesis) and Building Beauty: the Role of Aesthetic Education in my Teaching and Writing Lives (commentary on the Creative Writing thesis). Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London