Chapter 4. Greater Satisfaction from the Labor: Creative Writing as a Text Response Strategy in the Teacher Education Classroom

Colleagues in a teacher education program describe their journey of programmatic self-study as they examine how they teach and assess teacher candidates’ writing in a series of three required and sequenced undergraduate literacy courses. They lead the reader through the questions they asked themselves about their instruction and their reflective process with a goal of improving teacher candidates’ technical, reflective, and creative writing. Readers are encouraged to reflect on their expectations for teacher candidates’ writing in light of instruction and assessment. Implications for teacher education are explored.

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An Analysis of Preservice Elementary Teacher Ability in Creative Writing Containing Character Education with Local Wisdom Persepective

Jurnal Ilmiah Sekolah Dasar ◽

10.23887/jisd.v5i3.37069 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Retno Winarni ◽

St Y Slamet ◽

Jenny IS Poerwanti ◽

Muhammad Ismail Sriyanto ◽

Septi Yulisetiani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Teacher Education ◽

Elementary School ◽

Creative Writing ◽

Character Education ◽

Education Program ◽

Elementary Teacher ◽

Teacher Education Program ◽

School Teacher ◽

Elementary School Teacher ◽

Teacher Ability

This study aims to analyze the ability of preservice elementary teacher ability in poetry writing containing character education with local wisdom persepective. Mix method research approach is used with research design is triangulation design. The research subjects were 35 students of the elementary school teacher education program. The data were obtained through the technique of writing poetry tests and interviews. The analysis of the test used aspects of poetry writing skills. The research findings provide views that students have been able to write poetry with their own imagination, include the meaning of poetry, the advice, and are able to integrate character values with local wisdom. Mastery of the diction aspect is the lowest among other aspects that need to be improved. Recommendations of this research to educators and future research as a review for developing effective Indonesian language learning in the elementary school teacher education program, especially in productive language skills, namely creative writing with character education and local wisdom.

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A (Class)Room with a View: How Fiction Can Help New Teachers

SFU Educational Review ◽

10.21810/sfuer.v2i.336 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

Author(s):

Susan Barber

Keyword(s):

Teacher Education ◽

Creative Writing ◽

Narrative Inquiry ◽

New Teachers ◽

The Self ◽

Teacher Education Programs ◽

Education Programs ◽

Class Room ◽

Pedagogical Literature

In teacher education programs there is much vocal support surrounding the idea of using creative materials to encourage innovative ways of seeing and learning. Yet these programs sometimes struggle to teach through arts-based texts that facilitate both wider and deeper knowledge of the self and others. The reason for this may be twofold: first, there may be a lack of understanding or appreciation of narrative inquiry, and second, examples of targeted pedagogical literature are scarce. In this article, I would like to explore the value of teaching through literature and creative writing, and in particular, focus on how stories written by and for new teachers can be significant in shaping positive identities for their new profession.

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