Creative writing in the Pedagogy of Language and Literature in high school students

Abstract

With the purpose of integrating creative writing in Spanish as the Mother Language and contributing to comprehensive school development, to foster the capacity for expression and active participation in today's society, the objective was to evaluate the impact of incorporating Creative Writing in the Pedagogy of Language and Literature in high school students of the "Juan Montalvo" Fiscomisional Educational Unit of the Manta Canton in the period 2023 - 2024. Field and descriptive research was used with a mixed research approach. At the theoretical level, the deductive - inductive, analytical and synthetic methods were used. The research techniques used were diagnostic evaluation, observation and interview. The research instruments applied were a questionnaire of questions for students, an observation sheet for cognitive performance in students, and a form of questions for teachers in the area of Language and Literature. The results were treated using the inferential statistical method, in which the hypothesis was accepted "if creative writing is promoted and integrated effectively in the Pedagogy of Language and Literature in high school students, imagination skills can be enhanced, critical reflection and capacity for self-expression”. It was concluded that the progressive implementation of a learning methodology based on creative writing improves the literary skills of Spanish as the Native language, in addition, a significant improvement was registered in the motivation and academic performance of Language and Literature in students of the level high school education.