ABSTRACT

This paper explores teachers’ experiences of professional development in a creative writing group. The data was collected in a teachers’ creative writing group and consist of semi-structured interviews and creative writing assignments. Reflexive thematic analysis and narrative analysis were applied to compose a nonfiction piece that describes the teachers’ experiences of a ‘year of creative writing’. Within the nonfiction piece, four themes were presented as findings of the study: social aspects, personal and emotional aspects, writer identity aspects, and pedagogical aspects. The results suggest that utilising creative writing methods in qualitative research can raise otherwise hidden voices and experiences that may be difficult to express through the academic language.

摘要

本文探讨了教师在创意写作小组中的专业发展经验。数据是在教师创意写作小组中收集的，包括半结构化访谈和创意写作作业。运用反思性主题分析和叙事分析撰写了一篇非小说作品，描述了教师在“创意写作年”的经历。在非小说类作品中，提出了四个主题作为研究结果：社会方面、个人和情感方面、作家身份方面和教学方面。结果表明，在定性研究中利用创造性写作方法可以提高可能难以通过学术语言表达的隐藏的声音和经验。