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How do we know if our students understand the material that we present to them? Of course, we ask questions. We give assignments. We assess them. And many of us are shocked at the end of the semester to realize just how little of the information we sent was actually understood.



By teaching via storytelling, rather than as discrete chunks of data, students are acquainted with more than simple facts presented in a vacuum. Students learn the evolution of ideas and concepts. More importantly, they learn why those ideas and concepts became necessary in the first place.

Most importantly, teaching via storytelling is just good pedagogy. It allows students to become acquainted with the characters, setting, and storyline of the topic you’re teaching rather than merely memorizing definitions. This distinction provides students with the opportunity to build their own conceptual scaffolding upon which to hang key ideas and concepts in real time as they learn them. By presenting the material as a story, students are constantly connecting what they’ve learned to what they’re learning. This process makes it easier and more natural for students to retain the information long term rather than cramming for tests and forgetting it all the very next day. In short, teaching via storytelling creates a comprehensible and more enjoyable educational experience for our students (and for us).

In this session, we will give concrete examples of how to teach via storytelling and explore the many benefits it affords both students and educators alike.

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Life Learning PD

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