Article: Course and Assignment Design
Stories Are Our ‘Most Natural Form of Thought’
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Jeremiah E.’s
Recommendation
I recommend this resource if you desire to connect personally with students through stories. Jump to Principle 4 for specific storytelling strategies to boost student engagement.
This guide is for anyone who wants to introduce energy or enthusiasm to their classrooms using methods that have been tried — and found true — through research and in classrooms.
Certainly some teachers are naturally compelling and intuitively spark a zest for learning in students. But most of us have to work at it. You can energize your classroom for Alex and every other student by using principles familiar to both emotion scientists and pedagogical experts — principles available to any faculty member willing to investigate and apply them.