How Pre-service Teachers Notions and Use of Creativity in the Classroom were Impacted during Student Teaching

Pre-service teachers entering the field of education are excited about idea touching children’s lives in positive ways, helping their students learn and incorporating love teaching being creative. That excitement can easily be drowned out as they enter student experiences discover a world that is very structured, standards focused, rigid. This study looks at how group 13 pre-service defined creativity, tried to use it placements, reflected upon challenges creative were planning creativity future. Implications for this include call more training encouragement using an important pedagogical tool. The topic we classrooms significant because several practitioners hoping capitalize on if not able classrooms, then likely leave (Berry, Byrd, Wieder 2013). classroom spaces also speaks skill either offering engage with or neglecting put into structured curriculum. Without giving our chance creative, what them be? DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-22-05 Publication date: August 31 st 2023