Narrative Crossings in Education

Description

The program provides participants with in-depth and practical knowledge about the multiple uses of narratives in a learning environment. The varied qualities of narrative will be examined as forms of personal, social and communication discourse. We will examine the important contribution of narration to socio-cultural relations and its pivotal role in the learning process. The sections/subsections of this program will improve the ways participants plan and implement teaching practices/interventions while strengthening their creativity and critical thinking. The sections/subsections offer participants a (re)consideration of narrative by introducing its more practical/applied uses and stressing narrative’s manifestation in discourse/communication and learning. More specifically, the program is structured around the following axes:

• knowledge about how literary and non-literary narratives affect human perception
• occasions to explore how storytelling can promote self-cognition and self-realization
• a (re)examination of genre and subgenre categories
• connecting narration with good teaching practices
• effective class management skills towards establishing a productive classroom atmosphere
• the art of expressing oneself in different forms of narrative
• the use of topics that encourage learning.