Teachers' and students' perspectives on creativity in foreign language teaching activities

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Nastavnički i učenički pogled na kreativnost u nastavnim aktivnostima na stranom jeziku
• Author: Jakša Milatić
• Mentor: Renata Geld (mentor)
• Mentor: Ivan Markić (komentor)
• Committee member: Stela Letica Krevelj (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Pedagogy); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-09-28, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies; Teaching Methods in the Humanistic Sciences

Abstract

Conceptual blending, the ability to blend fundamentally different concepts, is the foundation of creativity. By relying on Runco’s model of personal creativity, the model of creativity by Plucker and Beghetto, and Investment theory of creativity by Sternberg and Lubart, as well as the educational philosophy of Waldorf pedagogy, this study examines the perspectives on creativity in foreign language teaching activities in the Waldorf School in Zagreb. The study included 35 participants, i.e. two teachers and 33 students, who filled out a questionnaire (separate for teachers and students) and provided their opinion on creativity in teaching. The results showed that when defining creativity both teachers and students referred to relevant aspects of it like creative outcome/product and novelty. Moreover, it was concluded that the activities the teachers did in the classroom and later described were creative, as well as that the students link creativity to artistic activities like painting, writing or acting. Finally, it was shown that the students associate a creative teacher with learning through fun and games, original and diverse teaching methods, student freedom and independence in work, and artistic teaching.

• Keywords: creativity; Waldorf pedagogy; language teaching
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:164545
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: TEFL; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Study programme: Title: Pedagogy (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra pedagogije (magistar/magistra pedagogije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-10-21 13:33:09