Making an impact with Educational Stories
Making an impact with Educational Stories
Making an impact with Educational Stories
By Thomas Ackland
July 14, 2020
Summary
Stories have been used throughout human history to provide more than just entertainment, they also help to transmit information, share histories and teach important lessons, all while immersing the audience within the world being portrayed in the story.
As Sherrelle Walker explains, this is due to our brains being structured in a way that causes us to seek out coherent narrative structure in the stories that we hear and tell, then using this structure to absorb any information within the story and then connect it with any of our own personal experiences.
This is especially true with children with the Writer's Bureau and the British Council with the BBC highlighting some of the benefits of telling stories throughout their growth which include;.
Offering a method of relaxation by enjoying stories during their downtime.
Although there are many benefits to utilising stories within education, there are several challenges that come with the territory.
Most of these challenges come from the stories that you're hoping to use, the implementation of the story and its relevance to the subject being taught.
Mcnett provides a useful table of learning objectives that can be referred to in order to test the viability of a story that is intended to be used within an educational setting.
Although it is important to find stories that are relevant to subject matter that you're hoping to tackle, if you don't present the story in a way that captivates the audience and makes them want to listen, then you're just wasting time and you might as well just hand your listeners a textbook about the subject they're being taught.
Rehearse the story so that it feels natural when telling it.
Remember to pace yourself to match the mood of the story.
Reference
Ackland, T. (2020, July 14). Making an impact with Educational Stories. Retrieved July 21, 2020, from https://www.ludogogy.co.uk/article/making-an-impact-with-educational-stories/