Teaching through teacher narratives

Teaching through teacher narratives

• Chiu-Ching, Tak Lan Rosa The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Chan, Yim Mei Esther The Hong Kong Institute of Education

2009

Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: Disciplined Inquiry: Education Research in the Circle of Knowledge (2009: San Diego, CA)

• F Learning & Teaching
  • FA General Teaching Strategies, Different Instructional Methods

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

While teacher education in Hong Kong is generally delivered in a knowledge transmission mode, two teacher educators employ an alternative way in teaching. We explore the use of teacher narratives to promote teaching of child development. We view “teacher education as narrative inquiry” (Clandinin, 1993). Instead of beginning to teach the grand theories of child development, we share our family stories with students. We invite them to reflect upon the stories heard and resonate with their own family stories. By stimulating reflection (Schon, 1983) and resonance (Conle, 1996), we teach child development in an experiential and practical approach. Storytelling becomes a tool for teaching and understanding the meaning of lived experiences for construction of knowledge in teacher education programs.

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: Disciplined Inquiry: Education Research in the Circle of Knowledge

• English

Conference Papers

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/31e5c1a9

2015-10-08