Maricopa Community Colleges  STO289AA   20016-20055 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 04/25/00
STO289AA 20016-20055 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Using Storytelling in Educational Settings
The application of storytelling and storytelling activities in educational settings. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
STO289AA   20016-20055 Using Storytelling in Educational Settings
1. Establish and maintain a focus towards the teller's intended goal and outcome for the storytelling event or activity. (I)
2. Target and profile the intended audience. (II)
3. Find, create, and select stories to achieve your goal and reach your audience. (III)
4. Analyze story structure for effective delivery. (IV)
5. Identify and use the teller's natural storytelling voice and physical presence effectively. (V)
6. Identify and develop a repertoire of stories for educational contexts. (VI)
7. Create new and/or use existing storytelling activities to achieve intended goals and outcomes in educational contexts. (VII)
8. Design and deliver a storytelling program in an educational context. (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII)
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STO289AA   20016-20055 Using Storytelling in Educational Settings
    I. Intended goals and outcomes for educational contexts
        A. Establishing goals for the storytelling event or activity
        B. Establishing outcomes for the storytelling event or activity
        C. Maintaining the focus on the goal and outcomes throughout the event or activity
      II. Intended audiences for educational contexts
          A. Targeting the audience for the storytelling event or activity
          B. Knowing the audience and their needs
        III. Stories to achieve your goal and reach your audience
            A. Finding appropriate stories
            B. Creating and/or adapting stories appropriate to the audience
            C. Developing the storytelling program for the event or activity
          IV. Structure and delivery
              A. Awareness of story structures
              B. Awareness of word selection
              C. Adapting the story to fit your storytelling style and the storytelling context
            V. Natural storytelling voice and physical presence
                A. Gestures
                B. Facial expressions
                C. Intonations
                D. Sounds and silence
                E. Strong and confident presence
              VI. Repertoire
                  A. Identifying appropriateness of stories for educational contexts
                  B. Development and adaptation of stories for educational contexts
                  C. Repertoire maintenance
                VII. Storytelling activities for educational contexts
                    A. Story circles
                    B. Story exercises
                    C. Story prompts
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