A study on pre-service teachers’ experiences in creative experience activities programs development

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the pre-service teachers' experiences while developing creative experience activities programs and to suggest teaching and learning for pre-service teachers' creative activities experience program development competency. Methods: Qualitative data were collected from twenty creative experience activities programs results developed by 4th year pre-service teachers who took ‘Understanding of Creative Experience Activities Curriculum’ at “A” University and 63 pre-service teachers' reflective journals. For the analysis and summary of qualitative data, the key words were derived through open coding and classification processes. Results: The results of this study were follows. Pre-service teachers' experiences in developing creative experience activities programs included 1 in-depth understanding of the intrinsic and essential values of creative experience activities, 2 acquisition of practical knowledge for the development of creative experience activities programs, 3 experience of the value and importance of collective intelligence,4 teacher's agency experience as an agent of curriculum development, 5 change of perception regarding student evaluation of creative experience activities, 6 intrinsic motivation, achievement and growth for the development of creative experience activities programs, 7 competence as a creative experience activities programs designer, 8 teacher as researcher, and establishment of a teacher with expertise, 9 and consideration and reflection of program design and instruction. Conclusion: In order to improve the competency of pre-service teachers for creative experience activities programs development, it was necessary to apply project-based learning that could assist in the pre-service teacher's agency for creative experience activities program development.