“I Suppose I Am Now a More Creative Teacher”: An EFL Teacher’s Journey into Creativity within Constraints
- سال انتشار: 1399
- محل انتشار: آموزش و یادگیری زبان انگلیسی، دوره: 12، شماره: 26
- کد COI اختصاصی: JR_ELT-12-26_012
- زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
- تعداد مشاهده: 109
نویسندگان
Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
MA in TEFL, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
چکیده
Considering the paucity of self-studies exploring English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' journeys into becoming a creative teacher, in this qualitative action research, a mainstream Iranian teacher-researcher narrates the changes and challenges she observed while planning her creative classroom practices, implementing, and reflecting on them. While she experienced changes like going beyond the textbook, becoming a caring observer, and becoming a moment catcher, she faced constraining challenges like overcoming inner fears, showing (non)-compliance with institutional rules, and coping with situations when things did not turn out as expected. Such an insider view of teacher creativity reiterates that creativity needs to be considered not just as a set of techniques and procedures to be mastered but as an ongoing passion for renovation which should be cultivated over time despite existing constraints.کلیدواژه ها
Creativity, constraints, changes, Challenges, EFL teacher, narrativeاطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI
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