Statement number/Teacher training college/cohort

Sample excerpt—out of 40statements

Significance

1

12

3

“[It is] a nurturing environment that allows for creativity and broadens horizons without any pressure, so different than any other learning experience I have encountered.”

Notes the absence of academic pressure

2

3

1

“I felt that I received a lot here, that I was happy to come each time, curious and ready to learn.”

Notes curiosity, happiness and openness

3

7

2

“I felt that the course warmed my heart, the atmosphere was pleasant, warm and fun, which is a great opening into learning subject matter from this channel; it opened the mind and the heart.”

Points to the pleasant atmosphere as the basis for conceptual and emotional openness.

4

14

2

“I gained an appreciation for humanity and an openness to diversity,

which indirectly contributed to my positive feelings, even more than the creativity and new ideas that were presented by the program, though I will use those, as well.”

Notes human openness and tolerance as an encouraging and supportive source for generating new ideas.

5

18

3

“I learned to take chances and to think differently, to let creativity lead me and not to always lead it. I learned that I can be a trailblazer, to lead, think, learn from mistakes, believe in my abilities, and understand that the process takes time and patience. And even further, that creativity is within me, I just need to find it. “It’s not distant… it’s not across the sea…”

There is a willingness to take chances, and participate in a process whose end is unknown. Uncovering the capacity to promote creativity brings about pleasure.

6

13

2

“We were exposed to an entire world, filled with a variety of colours, ideas, different ways of thinking and such diverse methods of instruction.”

Notes the wealth of ideas, including the feelings, methods of teaching, and ideas.

7

9

3

“The experience is actually not only fun and refreshing during the sessions; it’s really a process of understanding that stays in the deepest layers of memory and will be used as I continue on my path, thanks to a wide range of experiential methods—games, discussion, thinking and writing—to sum it up.”

The respondent notes the connection between experiential learning and deep understanding.