In this workshop we will look at examples of hip hop pedagogy, spoken word poetry, and stories that draw on children's experiential knowledge.
We'll develop principles and strategies for inclusive, antiracist creative writing classrooms by bringing meaning back to writing lessons.
Suitable for primary members.
Dr Darren Chetty is a lecturer at UCL, and taught in primary schools for over twenty years. He has published academic work on philosophy, education, racism, dialogue, children’s literature and hip-hop culture. He contributed to The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla. Darren co-edited Welsh (Plural): Essays on the Future of Wales and co-authored, with Jeffrey Boakye, What Is Masculinity? Why Does It Matter? And Other Big Questions. He co-authored, with Adam Ferner, How to Disagree: Negotiating Difference in a Divided World and co-edited, Critical Philosophy of Race and Education. His latest book, with Karen Sands O’Connor, is Beyond the Secret Garden: Racially Minoritised People in British Children's Books. Darren’s first picture book, I’m Going to Make a Friend will be published by Little Tiger in 2025. Darren has provided training for the Carnegie Award judges and advises on the CLPE Reflecting Realities research and Penguin / Runnymede Trust Lit in Colour project. He has judged the Blue Peter, YA, CliPPA, The Week Junior, and Little Rebels book awards.
