Storytelling is a passion of mine. I was privileged to be president of Aggie Storytelling for a year at Texas A&M.
Here are some of my thoughts on storytelling that I wrote for a paper while in school:
The art of storytelling applies to teachers because they must be able to speak to a group of parents or other educators. The discussion must flow freely and clearly. Storytelling helps to create a teacher that can and will communicate well with others. Also, connecting with students by storytelling can be very beneficial. Through good storytelling children can learn without even realizing it. What I realized is that we all have a story to tell. My future students will have stories to tell and helping them learn to communicate these stories will be a fun challenge. Storytelling can reach across generations and help to link us all together. I believe that this is what teaching is all about: the opening of the mind. Storytelling is personal and makes those listening feel very intimate with the storyteller. Storytelling can be a way to teach children that their spoken words are powerful. It helps to emphasize that listening is important. Storytelling also shows that clear communication between people is an art.
This can be used as conversation starters or writing prompts.
“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel,
but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.”
~Ursula LaGuin
"Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today."
~Robert McAfee Brown
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