Birddroppings: Engaging Curriculum Through Story Telling
Abstract
As I pondered my dissertation after a period of time away from graduate school. It was suggested that I use idea of teaching as improvisational art (He, 2017) during one of my classes to get back up to speed, after a seven year hiatus and a couple of grand babies. As I looked at the rationale for my dissertation I realized my own teaching is often very improvisational, taking a student’s interest and or question and building into our lesson, that teachable moment. Literally building a story with the student and class. I have said often I generally write lesson plans after the fact. However next time I teach that topic in my plans I have included that event and reflections. My teaching often becomes a tapestry of stories woven into the lesson and with the students in the class. It pulls ideas and flows through the class using the student’s interactions and interests to build on. The title, Birddroppings: Engaging curriculum through story telling, is the evolution of forty five years of teaching and learning.
Keywords
Story telling
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Recommended Citation
Bird, Frank E. III, "Birddroppings: Engaging Curriculum Through Story Telling" (2018). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 20.
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Birddroppings: Engaging Curriculum Through Story Telling
As I pondered my dissertation after a period of time away from graduate school. It was suggested that I use idea of teaching as improvisational art (He, 2017) during one of my classes to get back up to speed, after a seven year hiatus and a couple of grand babies. As I looked at the rationale for my dissertation I realized my own teaching is often very improvisational, taking a student’s interest and or question and building into our lesson, that teachable moment. Literally building a story with the student and class. I have said often I generally write lesson plans after the fact. However next time I teach that topic in my plans I have included that event and reflections. My teaching often becomes a tapestry of stories woven into the lesson and with the students in the class. It pulls ideas and flows through the class using the student’s interactions and interests to build on. The title, Birddroppings: Engaging curriculum through story telling, is the evolution of forty five years of teaching and learning.
