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“I Suppose I Am Now a More Creative Teacher”: An EFL Teacher’s Journey into Creativity within Constraints | ||
| Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning | ||
| مقاله 12، دوره 12، شماره 26، بهمن 2020، صفحه 335-359 اصل مقاله (454.18 K) | ||
| نوع مقاله: Research Paper | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22034/elt.2020.42358.2300 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Seyyedeh Fahimeh Parsaiyan* 1؛ Seyedeh Fahimeh Mohammadi2؛ leyla tajik3 | ||
| 1Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran. | ||
| 2MA in TEFL, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran | ||
| 3Assistant 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. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| creativity؛ constraints؛ changes؛ challenges؛ EFL teacher؛ narrative | ||
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