Narrative learning is the use of stories in the construction of meaning, whether the meaning-making has to do with the self, with the content of instruction, or with the world around us. Rossiter and Clark’s (2007) model claims three main uses of narrative in practice: narrative as curriculum, narrative as storytelling, and narrative as autobiography. Which of these might you use in a classroom setting and why? Describe a specific topic or lesson that you think would work well with …
Category: Psychology and Education : Adult Learning
Watch the video, The Adult Learner Story (10:48), before you complete the discussion This week you looked at Marxist theory, critical theory, multiculturalism, critical race theory, postmodernism, and feminist theory. Three main themes characterize this perspective. The first theme – race, class, and gender – leads to the second theme of how the intersections of race, class, and gender affect the distribution of resources and power so that some groups in our society are privileged and some are oppressed. The …
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