The current study, a part of a bigger study, explored how teachers in Indonesia implemented cooperative learning (CL) in their distinct contexts. This multiple case study design used a qualitative interpretative approach. Following semi-structured interviews with 18 teachers who had attended CL professional development and used CL in their classrooms, four were purposefully selected as cases of teachers. Classroom observations, post classroom observation interviews, and field notes were employed to investigate the implementation of CL. The data were analysed using Miles, Huberman and Saldaña’s framework. Five themes were generated from cross-case analysis: implementation of CL principles, a lack of CL structures, a greater need of group orientation, group composition, and informal CL. The findings indicate that when an innovative pedagogical practice such as CL is implemented in a culture different from the one in which it was constructed, unique contexts both enable and disrupt the successful implementation of CL. This study proposes that further research attention must be given to understanding the challenges faced by teachers shifting away from direct teaching to student-centred pedagogies such as CL.

In the domain of education, great teachers are those who facilitate students’ learning effectively in an inspiring learning environment. Therefore, they should continuously develop and empower their professional and pedagogical competencies. In fact, there emerge abundant ways to empower themselves, and one of which is through the so-called ‘reflective training’. As empirical evidence, English teachers in specific primary schools have not reached the expected level of CEFR criteria for creative writing (B1 at the minimum). For this reason, this study adopted action research via the implementation of reflective training to enhance the subjects’ creative writing skills in one cycle incorporating planning, taking action(s), observing, and reflecting. Three instruments were employed, i.e., writing tasks, observation sheets, and questionnaires. Creative writing rubrics were taken from CEFR and Mozaffari to evaluate teachers’ writing. The training made the teachers engaged in producing a piece of creating writing as output and allow them to reflect and improve it with the elements of creative writing aspects namely image, characterization, voice, and story. Teachers have successfully completed their writings with theories and skills in their writing products to reach the B2 CEFR level in creative writing.  Keywords: primary school teachers, creative writing skills, reflective training, CEFR

<div align="center"><table width="645" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="439"><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> The ICT advancement provokes the possibility of developing speaking skill through portfolio assessment which was commonly attributable mostly to writing skill. Hence, an exploratory study adopting ADDIE model was conducted to develop an electronic portfolio assessment integrated into teaching materials. A triangulated technique of data collection: questionnaire respondents, interviews and data from evaluation sheets was gathered. Statistical descriptive analysis, discourse and content analysis were conducted and positive possibilities were found to ffacilitate the development of speaking skills through electronic portfolio assessment.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

Green project work for process writing amidst the pandemic: Planning, implementing, and reflectionsThe aims of this paper are to discuss the concepts underlying Project-based learning (PjBL) and its syntax and to explore the planning, implementation, and reflection of PjBL in the online teaching of writing a process paragraph on the topic of using Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (3R) principles to save the environment. Thirty-one students joined the paragraph writing course. The learning process and the students’ products of their projects were collected and documented in the form of videos, Power Point presentation, and electronic writing portfolios. The paper discusses how PjBl promotes collaborative work, problem-solving, critical thinking and technology integration. It also illustrates the steps of the implementation of PjBL which include planning, implementing, and reflecting. The project products were the students’ compositions and the videos showing the process in how to do or to make something that reflect the 3R principles. The majority of the students’ compositions were in ‘very good’ criteria, and the students’ videos were published in YouTube. The implementation of PjBL in the online teaching of process writing on the environmental topic increases the students’ critical thinking and creativity in solving global problems.Proyek Hijau untuk menulis paragraf proses di tengah pandemi: Perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan refleksiTujuan artikel ini adalah membahas konsep yang mendasari pembelajaran berbasis proyek (PjBL) dan sintaksnya, dan mengeksplorasi perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan refleksi PjBL dalam pembelajaran online menulis paragraf proses dengan topik menggunakan prinsip-prinsip Reduce, Reuse, dan Recycle (3R) untuk menyelamatkan lingkungan. Ada 31 mahasiswa yang mengikuti kelas menulis paragraf. Semua proses belajar mahasiswa dan produk proyek me­reka dikumpulkan dan didokumentasikan dalam bentuk video, presentasi Power Point, dan portofolio tulisan elektronik. Artikel ini membahas bagaimana PjBl mengedepankan kerja kolaboratif, pemecahan masalah, integrasi teknologi, dan berpikir kritis. Artikel ini juga mengilustrasikan langkah-langkah implementasi PjBL yang meliputi perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan refleksi. Produk proyek adalah karya mahasiswa dan video yang menunjukkan proses bagaimana melakukan atau membuat sesuatu yang mencerminkan prinsip 3R.  Sebagian besar tulisan mahasiswa termasuk dalam kriteria 'sangat baik', dan video mahasiswa telah dipublikasikan di YouTube. Penerapan PjBL dalam menulis paragraph proses bertema lingkungan meningkatkan daya pikir kritis dan kreativitas siswa dalam memecahkan masalah ekologi global.