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Unit of Study ENG00355 - Storytelling (2016)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • AQF level

    7

  • Level of learning

    Intermediate

  • Former School/College

    Former School of Education

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Emphasises the importance of storytelling as a method of transmitting culture. Enables students to enjoy, prepare and tell stories to children.

Unit content

  1. Introduction to the 'power of story'
    • What is storytelling?
    • The power of storytelling in the classroom.
    • Storytelling as a teaching and healing tool
    • Storytelling in a 'new age'
    • Choosing stories for telling (2 weeks)
  2. The art of storytelling
    • Storytelling techniques
    • Props and presentation ideas
    • Learning and telling stories
    • Use of stories across the curriculum

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 3 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 articulate a knowledge of the history and cultural value of storytelling
2 explain the importance of storytelling in the classroom for the imaginative, personal and moral development of children
3 create a personal narrative to explore digital storytelling
4 clarify that stories from different cultures have the capacity to engender cross-cultural understanding and respect
5 choose and tell different kinds of stories from many cultures and literature sources
6 use different techniques in learning and telling stories for different audiences
7 practise storytelling and critically assess the 'power of story' as a teaching and learning tool.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. articulate a knowledge of the history and cultural value of storytelling
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. explain the importance of storytelling in the classroom for the imaginative, personal and moral development of children
    • GA4:
  3. create a personal narrative to explore digital storytelling
    • GA5:
  4. clarify that stories from different cultures have the capacity to engender cross-cultural understanding and respect
    • GA4:
  5. choose and tell different kinds of stories from many cultures and literature sources
    • GA5:
  6. use different techniques in learning and telling stories for different audiences
    • GA4:
  7. practise storytelling and critically assess the 'power of story' as a teaching and learning tool.
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

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