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Reflection like Poetry
Type of Presentation
Workshop (60-75 minutes)
Session Abstract
Participants will learn brief history of self-narration starting with Plato and ending with cognitive science, also why the process is important, and how it can be used by teachers.
Target Audience
Teachers, trainers, administrators.
Learning Outcomes
While all stories are powerful forces in the lives of humans, no story is more powerful or important than the story we tell to ourselves about ourselves (Loehr, 2007). Participants will learn a brief history of self-narration starting with Plato and ending with modern cognitive science. Participants will also learn how to instruct students to construct a self-narrative, use the students’ self-narrative as a reflective learning tool, and use the same narrative for a learning measurement tool regarding classroom work. I will explain how I have utilized this technique in the classroom at the NDU and explain results I obtained.
Session Description
Narrative analysis is a methodology of ascribing meaning of text in a storied structure (Riessman, 2008). My idea of a six word learning self-narrative was sparked by the works of Smith Magazine (http://www.smithmag.net/) whose project was originally undertaken in November 2006. The purpose of the project was to solicit individuals to respond to the simply stated question, “Can you tell your life story in six words?” (http://www.smithmag.net/sixwordbook/about/). The response was global and massive. Since the initial question was posed, the results have been featured in numerous articles, NPR talk shows, and a series of bestselling books. According to Smith Magazine, hundreds of thousands of people have submitted their brief life story. In addition to the proven appeal of the methodology there is an economy of effort, which makes data collection simple, greatly reduces the mechanical effort while simultaneously increasing the cognitive and reflective effort.
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