Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Reading
Date of Award
12-2009
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Joseph D. Sobol
Committee Members
Jane Melendez, Delanna Kay Reed
Abstract
This qualitative case study identifies what 8 teachers naturally do with storytelling at a K-12 school in western North Carolina. Through observations, interviews, field notes, document reviews, and artifact reviews, I used the constant comparison analysis method to discover themes from their formal and informal storytelling strategies. From these themes, I created a framework of 7 suggestions to enhance storytelling awareness. They are: sharing personal stories, developing voice control and body expression, connecting story to school culture, modeling well-developed stories with beginnings, middles, and ends, introducing stories with a pause, expressing the word "imagine" often during instruction, and finally, making teachers aware that they naturally tell stories. The significance of this study is to highlight the importance of storytelling methods for education as well as to make teachers feel more comfortable using storytelling in the classroom
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Reeder, Nancy J., "A Qualitative Case Study of Natural Storytelling Strategies Used at the Nantahala School." (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1890. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1890
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.