Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews eISSN: 2395-6518, Vol 8, No 1, 2020, pp 137-144 https://doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2020.8120 137 |www.hssr.in © Safitri et al. FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF CREATIVE-WRITING TEXTBOOKS FOR EDUCATION STUDIES Yuyun Safitri 1* , Sarwiji Suwandi 2 , Herman J Waluyo 3 , Muhammad Rohmadi 4 1 Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Pendidikan Guru Republik Indonesia Pontianak, Indonesia, 2,3,4 Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Negeri Solo, Indonesia. Email: 1* yuyun.ikip.pgri@gmail.com, 2 sarwijiswan@yahoo.com, 3 herman.jwaluyo@yahoo.co.id, 4 rohmadi_dbe@yahoo.com Article History: Received on 13 th November 2019, Revised on 17 th December 2019, Published on 17 th January 2020 Abstract Purpose of the study: This study aimed to formulate and evaluate the effectiveness of creative writing poetry textbooks with problem-based learning on local wisdom for Indonesian Education Language and Literature students in IKIP PGRI Pontianak and STKIP PGRI Sintang West Kalimantan. Methodology: This study used the quantitative approach of quasi-experimental research by dividing subjects into two groups, treatment and control groups. Main Findings: Expected to be able to fulfill the needs of textbooks in creative poetry writing based on local wisdom in private universities in West Kalimantan. Applications of this study: Indonesian Language and Literature Education at IKIP PGRI Pontianak and STKIP PGRI Sintang West Kalimantan. Novelty/Originality of this study: By all means, the use of modified teaching material on creative writing poetry with the problem-based learning model on local wisdom was more effective than the previous textbooks. Keywords: Formulation, Evaluation, Creative-writing, Textbooks, Education. INTRODUCTION The creative writing was one of the courses given in the fourth semester in the Indonesian Education Studies Program Language and Literature in IKIP PGRI Pontianak consisting 3 credits. The creative writing course in this university includes practical work (May 2007 ). Meanwhile, in the same program offered by STKIP Sintang, this course was integrated into the writing task. A creative writing course in the field of literature in both universities include prose, poetry, and drama (Minot, 1971 ). However, this research focuses on the creative writing of poetry as the expression of productive activity. The competency of poetry creative-writing required by the students as a prospective teacher was not only to understand but also to master and practice it. Students were expected to have the competency to express ideas, opinions, thoughts, and feelings through poetry so that they can develop their power of thought, imagination, and creativity (Finnegan, 2018 ; Salameh, 2012 ; Spurr,2006 ; Summerhill, 1989 ). Based on the information from some lecturer of a creative-writing course, the student's competency of students in these two universities was considered as low. For instance, the results of poetry creative writing assignment results were less satisfactory. Furthermore, when the students were directed to make rhyme and spells from each region, they could not make good performance (Vandervelden & Siegel, 1999 ). It was possible because the poetry creative writing teaching book that was used did not meet the requirement to conduct learning activity, both in quality and quantity. The learning of poetry creative writing based on local wisdom was expected to give students the cultural values and national character of Indonesia (Saputra, 2013 ). The lecturers need to provide the appropriate textbooks to meet the demands. In accordance, the required textbooks should be about poetry creative writing based on local wisdom that will be distributed to some colleges and universities in West Kalimantan. Therefore, the development of poetry creative writing textbooks based on local wisdom was needed (Alwi, 2016 ; Safitri, Suwandi, Waluyo, & Satoto, 2018 ). This study evaluated the effectiveness of the modified poetry creative writing textbooks with a problem-based learning model on local wisdom. The problems in this study include the needs of students and lecturers in the development of creative writing textbooks based on local wisdom occupying the highest priority scale and the learning model that tends to be centered on lecturers, although there are questions and answers and assignments, but lack of opportunities to students to solve problems. In this case, the learning strategy of Writing Creative Poetry is seen as inappropriate. Researchers are interested in revealing creative writing textbooks used in learning "Creative Writing" for students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program at the University of West Kalimantan, the needs of students and instructors in developing creative writing textbooks with models of learning problems based on local wisdom, the development process creative writing textbooks with local wisdom based problem learning models with problem-based learning models for Indonesian Language and Literature Education students in West Kalimantan Universities, and effective use of creative writing textbooks with local wisdom based learning problem models for students of Language Education Study Programs and Indonesian Literature.