Publication Date
11-2021
School
School of Education
Major
Education: Elementary/Middle
Keywords
storytelling, empathy, education, teaching strategies, classics, classical education, parables, mental health
Disciplines
Christianity | Curriculum and Instruction | Early Childhood Education | Educational Methods | Elementary Education | Elementary Education and Teaching | Fiction | Gifted Education | Language and Literacy Education | Poetry | Religious Education
Recommended Citation
Whatley, Kate, ""Read it Again!": Storytelling to Imitate the Great Teacher" (2021). Senior Honors Theses. 1119.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/1119
Abstract
The student’s mind is bent on stories, asking mothers around the world to ‘read it again’. These stories preserve information and emotions for centuries. In the classroom, stories enliven motivation and empathy in ways that result in higher academic achievement and social awareness. Learning to use stories as a key instructional strategy will allow for more equitable opportunities in classrooms, encourage mental health and truth telling for the teacher and the student collectively, and allow the academic community to imitate Christ by contributing to the bigger story taking place across time. In application of using stories as teachers, this thesis includes a series of original stories and poems.
Included in
Christianity Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Early Childhood Education Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Elementary Education and Teaching Commons, Fiction Commons, Gifted Education Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons, Poetry Commons, Religious Education Commons
