Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v19i0.2433
The Teacher 's Role in the Creative Teaching of Literacy
Katarina Aladrović Slovaček
; Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb
Željka Sinković
; Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb
Nikolina Višnjić
; Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb
Abstract
The teacher plays the central role in the educational process. In Croatian language teaching, the teacher represents a role model for his or her students in both speaking and writing. This is why it is very important to encourage teachers in language and language expression classes to stimulate and develop the creative thinking of their students by promoting new and interesting ways of finding different solutions to various problems. The creative teaching of literacy involves the use of different methods and techniques that teach students how to solve the posed problems in a creative manner (Hunt & Quaranta, 2014). Studies (Aladrović Slovaček, 2012) have shown that integration and correlation in Croatian language teaching are insufficiently used and that the level of descriptive knowledge is higher than the level of procedural knowledge. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the techniques and methods used in Croatian language classes in lower grades of primary school by teachers who aim to encourage the development of creative thinking in literacy teaching. Fifty (N = 50) teachers, who differ in age, years of service and attitude toward working in school, will participate in the research. It is expected that in teaching literacy, teachers use the techniques and methods that stimulate the development of creative thinking only sometimes and that these teachers perceive themselves as creative. It is also expected that younger teachers are more creative, while teachers who are more content use methods and techniques of creative thinking more frequently.
Keywords
creative thinking; Croatian language teaching; literacy; teacher; teachers’ attitudes
Hrčak ID:
184043
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Publication date:
27.4.2017.
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