Developing Spiritual Growth Journal for Pre-service English Teacher

Yonathan Winardi, Dhama Gustiar Baskoro, Dedy Panggabean

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This paper aims to elaborate on the steps of developing a printed spiritual growth journal for pre-service English teachers at the University of Pelita Harapan Teachers College. As a Christian university with a solid vision and mission applying holistic education, it is urgently needed to nurture and develop students’ spirituality and to redeem learning lost due to COVID-19. The first part of Gall et al.’s (2015) research and development model is employed to produce a printed spiritual growth journal that begins with a needs analysis as initial research and information collection with lecturers from the Faculty and Christian religion education study program participated in it. The printed journal is designed to be used in nine weeks with four points to be filled and reflected to help the pre-service English teachers evaluate and understand self, express thoughts and feelings to the Lord, remember God’s work in their life, and record their progress in all spiritual disciplines. This journal is recommended to be used not only for the new students but also for the existing ones, with feedback from the lecturer. For future research, it is suggested to replicate and modify it for 1st-year novice English teachers in their reciprocation as a means for professional development.

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English language education; journal; pre-service teachers; spiritual growthchers; spiritual growth

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24815/eej.v14i4.37780

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