Using Narrative Structure to Create Engaging and Vicarious Transformative Experiences

ABSTRACT Narratives have a unique capacity to hold attention, challenge assumptions, and create transformative experiences. In this paper, I will draw upon narrative homiletics to show how educators who teach theology or scriptural texts can create learning experiences that follow narrative structur...

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Published in:Teaching theology & religion 2024-12, Vol.27 (4), p.112-122
Main Author: Taeger, Stephan D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
engagement
homiletics
Instructional design
Learning
narrative
narrative structure
Narratives
Religious education
transformative learning
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Summary:ABSTRACT Narratives have a unique capacity to hold attention, challenge assumptions, and create transformative experiences. In this paper, I will draw upon narrative homiletics to show how educators who teach theology or scriptural texts can create learning experiences that follow narrative structure. First, I will discuss the advantages of teaching in a way that mimics story structure. These benefits include increasing learner engagement and inviting transformative experiences. Second, I will offer a narrative teaching model that instructors can use when planning lessons. This model contains five basic elements: conflict, complication, clue, climax, and implications. Finally, I will briefly illustrate this model and provide practical suggestions for creating instruction that uses narrative structure.
ISSN:1368-4868
1467-9647
DOI:10.1111/teth.12679