{"id":63619,"date":"2018-05-11T15:06:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T19:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=63619"},"modified":"2018-05-11T15:08:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T19:08:54","slug":"are-you-telling-stories-in-the-classroom-green-also-if-the-master-teacher-used-parables-stories-to-teach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/05\/11\/are-you-telling-stories-in-the-classroom-green-also-if-the-master-teacher-used-parables-stories-to-teach\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you telling stories in the classroom? [Green] Also, if the Master Teacher used parables (stories) to teach&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teaching.berkeley.edu\/news\/are-you-telling-stories-classroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Are you telling stories in the classroom?<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from teaching.berkeley.edu by Melanie Green<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stories can make a subject accessible and even interesting&#8230;\u00a0[Storytelling] can provide value, turn something abstract or obscure into something concrete.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nStories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">make a subject relatable and accessible to students<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">can pique interest, or demonstrate relevance, in a subject that students usually dislike, or worse, find mind-numbing<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">build meaning-making (there\u2019s that word again), helping students to recall the information later<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">forge, or repave, paths to material that students already thought they knew, making way for new perspectives, connections, and experiences to develop through someone else\u2019s story<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">make a subject approachable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Master Teacher also used stories (parables) to teach people:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/quicksearch\/?quicksearch=parables&amp;qs_version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-63621 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PowerOfStory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50%\" height=\"50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PowerOfStory.jpg 633w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PowerOfStory-147x150.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">If our Creator\/Designer did so, I think we should take a serious look at doing so as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you telling stories in the classroom? 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