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Storytelling and Other Cultural Strategies

The document discusses the importance of storytelling as a teaching strategy, highlighting its role in engaging students and enhancing understanding of concepts. It also emphasizes culturally responsive teaching, which incorporates students' cultural backgrounds into instructional strategies to improve educational outcomes. Various strategies for implementing storytelling and cultural responsiveness in the classroom are provided to create a more engaging and relevant learning environment.

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Storytelling and Other Cultural Strategies

The document discusses the importance of storytelling as a teaching strategy, highlighting its role in engaging students and enhancing understanding of concepts. It also emphasizes culturally responsive teaching, which incorporates students' cultural backgrounds into instructional strategies to improve educational outcomes. Various strategies for implementing storytelling and cultural responsiveness in the classroom are provided to create a more engaging and relevant learning environment.

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Storytelling

and other
Cultural
Strategies
Presented by:
Ma. Florgeliza Cinto
Dizzavel Delute
Rojen Venise C. Diola
Storytelling
Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of
teaching. We all do it, and it has been a
part of human life for as long as anyone
can remember. We tell stories because
It’s a way to bond and connect with one
another.
Teachers are storytellers. Think about
all of the times you’ve had to tell a
story to help relate a concept or help
students better understand a topic.
Storytelling is a teaching strategy that
you already use, and you may not
even realize it.
How to Use
Storytelling
in the
Classroom
TO INTRODUCE A NEW TOPIC TO ILLUSTRATE A CONCEPT
Retaining hard facts does not come easy for
Telling a story is a great way to introduce a
everyone. That’s where storytelling can come
new topic. Think of it as an icebreaker. It into save the day. In today’s world of videos,
can allow students to relate to a topic and tablets, and podcasts, digital storytelling can be
get them interested in it before you even an effective way to illustrate a difficult concept.
teach it. Active prior knowledge by telling a You can use digital storytelling through the use
story about the new topic that you are of videos, pictures, apps, and audio to help
students retain information in a more creative
about to introduce.
and memorable way.

TO ATTRACT UNMOTIVATED TO ENHANCE ANY


LEARNERS SUBJECT
Storytelling can help engage your Teaching through storytelling can bring a
unmotivated learners as long as you do it boring subject to life. It can make it more
exciting and possibly engage students to
in a creative way like through the use of a
want to know more about the topic. History is
game or fun activity.
filled with people of the past; you can use
storytelling to help bring historical figures to
life.
Why is Storytelling an
Effective Teaching
Strategy?
According to research, storytelling is a tool that
helps students better understand the world
around them. It also helps children visualize
themselves in similar situations with the
storyteller. Listening to and reading stories, is
an important component in a child’s reading
development. Stories make learning more fun
while at the same time helping students better
understand relevant information.
Storytelling is universal and is as
ancient as humankind. Before
there was writing, there was
storytelling. It occurs in every
culture and from every age. It
exists (and existed) to entertain,
to inform, and to promulgate
cultural traditions and values.
Cultural
Strtegies
The concept of culturally responsive teaching
incorporates attributes and knowledge from
each student’s cultural background into
instructional strategies and curricula in order to
improve educational outcomes. A key element
is a learning environment that values the
strengths students bring into classrooms,
rather than focusing on deficits. Students are
encouraged to use familiar ways of speaking,
thinking, knowing, and analyzing in order to
learn new content and ideas.
7 Culturally
YOUR CATCHY DESCRIPTION HERE

Responsive Teaching
Strategies
YOUR CATCHY DESCRIPTION HERE
ACTIVATE STUDENTS'
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE.

This might include asking students


what they know about a particular
concept and connecting that to the
lesson you’re introducing. For
example, before you begin a story
about a character adjusting to life in
the U.S., you might ask students to
think about when they’ve
encountered a new environment.
MAKE LEARNING
CONTEXTUAL.

When discussing a text or primary


source that is from or about another
time, place, or culture, encourage
students to connect it to their lives or
the current moment. Try asking
questions such as: “What do you
think Anne Frank would say if she
were here today?”
CONSIDER YOUR
CLASSROOM SETUP.

One way to communicate to


students that they matter is to
ensure they are reflected in the
classroom environment. Ask yourself:
Are there authors of different races
visible in the classroom? Is the
LGBTQ+ community represented?
Are different languages and countries
displayed? Are people with
disabilities seen?
FORM RELATIONSHIPS.

Connecting to students as people


is vital to culturally responsive
instruction. Learning about
students’ interests, likes, dislikes,
family members, and aspirations
are all ways to build relationships.
And remember to share about
yourself. The best relationships are
mutual, built on transparency and
trust.
DISCUSS SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL ISSUES.

Help students discuss and learn about


current issues that are germane to them,
including immigration, community-police
relations, environmental concerns,
women’s rights, and race relations. The
goal is not to tell students what to think,
but to teach them how to become
informed and engage in respectful
dialogue.
TAP INTO STUDENTS’
CULTURAL CAPITAL.

Seek ways for students to use and share


the skills, knowledge, and strengths they
bring to the classroom. Give students
opportunities to respond to literature in a
variety of ways and to help each other do
so. If students speak more than one
language, allow them to use languages
other than English and, when possible (and
without putting them on the spot), to share
vocabulary.
INCORPORATE POPULAR
CULTURE.

Connect the music, movies,


and other media students are
interested into the content of
the classroom. For some
students, video games,
fashion, or sports are
automatic ways to grab their
attention and connect to their
interests.
Thank you for
listening!

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