django dictionary for loop not printing anything - django

Question

There are already a lot of questions+answers regarding for loops in django, but none of the solutions work for me, so there must be something fundamentally wrong.
I have a dictionary in python/json (tried both) that I want to loop through and print.
Doing the following print a new line for each character
{% for item in data.dict %}
<p>{{item}}</p>
{% endfor %}
so something like this get's printed
{
'
N
o
d
e
'
:
The following code straight up prints nothing
{% for key, values in data.dict.items %}
<p>{{key}}</p>
{% endfor %}
Data is the name of my registered model and object is one of its variables.
In my Views.py I have something similar to this:
Data.objects.create(
dict=theDictIAmPassing
}.save
EDIT
models.py
from django.db import models
class Data(models.Model):
dict1= models.TextField()
dict2 = models.TextField()
dict3 = models.TextField()
dict4 = models.TextField()
views.py
def add(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = EntryForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
ProjectName = form.cleaned_data['ProjectName']
date = form.cleaned_data['date']
folder = form.cleaned_data['folder']
description = form.cleaned_data['description']
myprog = program.program(folder)
createMetrics(myprog)
Entry.objects.create(
ProjectName=ProjectName,
date=date,
folder=folder,
description=description
).save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
else:
form = EntryForm()
return render(request, 'myApp/form.html', {'form': form})
def createMetrics(myprog):
Metrics.objects.create(
dict1=myprog.getDict1(),
dict2=myprog.getDict2(),
dict3=myprog.getDict3(),
dict4=myprog.getDict4()
).save()

Answer 1

Solution found at https://stackoverflow.com/a/7469287/7761401
I needed to rewrite my Data model. Textfield (which I used because I couldn't find anything else that fits) does not suit dictionary types. Instead install django-picklefield and change type to PickledObjectField
from picklefield.fields import PickledObjectField
class Data(models.Model):
dict1 = PickledObjectField()
dict2 = PickledObjectField()
dict3 = PickledObjectField()
dict4 = PickledObjectField()