Donald Trump understood the power of narrative: Clinton was the villain of his story, he was the hero; the hero of the story was going to restore order to th...
Within the field of second language teacher education (SLTE), narrative has largely functioned as a vehicle for teacher inquiry, based on the assumption that such inquiry will ultimately bring about productive change in teachers and their teaching practices. Less attention has been paid to documenting what this change looks like or how engagement in narrative activities fosters teacher professional development. From a Vygotskian socioculturai theoretical perspective, we argue that the transformative power of narrative lies in its ability to ignite cognitive processes that can foster teacher professional development. We tease out the complex ways in which narrative functions as a mediational tool—narrative as externalization, verbalization, and systematic examination—in fostering teacher professional development, and we highlight the interplay between these functions by tracing teacher professional development in two teacher-authored narrative inquiries. We then turn to the centrality of narrative as a vehicle for teacher inquiry in transforming the field of SLTE itself. Specifically, we highlight various outlets, in both center and periphery contexts, where the products of teachers' narrative activities are functioning as a tool for knowledge-building and professional development practices that are working in consort to transform the professional landscape that constitutes the field of SLTE.
Community-based exhibits in 50 U.S. states and (at least) 23 countries raise awareness of intimate partner violence and promote prevention efforts by sharing the names and stories of individuals killed in domestic assaults.
Community Catalyst prepared the following storybanking guide to help you reach out to people in your area with compelling stories. Whether you are new to storybanking or a seasoned professional, this guide provides tips, hints and examples to find stories and to tell them to your audience. Please share your stories with us; the examples you provide can help others learn how storybanking helps.
L. Eberhard, S. Walk, and D. Helic. Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, page 301-306. ACM, (July 2020)Interesting implementation of recommendations in responce to a narrative requests like "Movies like X, but with Y".
S. Lukin, K. Bowden, C. Barackman, and M. Walker. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2016), Paris, France, European Language Resources Association (ELRA), (May 2016)