Exploring teachers’ responses to a workshop for developing critical & creative thinking through story writing

Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan and Altabaa, Homam and Wan Yusoff, Wan Mazwati (2022) Exploring teachers’ responses to a workshop for developing critical & creative thinking through story writing. Journal of Islam in Asia, 19 (1). pp. 218-233. E-ISSN 2289-8077

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Abstract

Current Malaysian educational policy requires school teachers to include criti- cal and creative thinking in their classrooms; however, few teachers have been trained to do so. The research investigated an approach for developing teachers’ critical and creative thinking through story writing. Qualitative research methodology was em- ployed to explore teachers' understanding and views of the program. The results yielded four main themes, namely: Benefits, Challenges, Satisfaction and Improvement of the Writing Thinking Stories (WTS) program. Participants acknowledged that the program presented new ways for teaching critical and creative thinking (CCT) in a meaningful environment. Some challenges included overcoming caution when being creative; inte- grating philosophical concepts into their stories and a lack of fluency in English result- ing in some participants requesting the chance to write stories in their mother tongue in groups. There was general satisfaction with the program, although some participants expressed a need for training in Community of Philosophical Inquiry (COPI) prior to the program. All in all, the WTS program resulted in teachers successfully producing short thinking stories that integrated values and CCT in a fun and meaningful way.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Story writing, Critical and Creative thinking, Community of philosophical inquiry.
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1705 Education and training of teachers
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Education Kulliyyah of Education > Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Depositing User:	Dr. Wan Mazwati Wan Yusoff
Date Deposited:	03 Aug 2022 09:26
Last Modified:	03 Aug 2022 10:49
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/99170

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