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“Dialogical Story‐Telling” Approach to Enhance Analytical Thinking and Student Engagement During Lecture‐Based Classes
Author(s) -
ElSayed Suzan,
Loftus Stephen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.541.5
Subject(s) - dialogical self , interactivity , meaning (existential) , context (archaeology) , psychology , mathematics education , style (visual arts) , pedagogy , constructionism , meaning making , computer science , multimedia , social psychology , visual arts , art , paleontology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , biology
The “Dialogical Story‐Telling” approach is an interactive method to teach physiology for health professional students during didactic lectures. This interactive method integrates an interactive conversational style within a story‐telling method. The story telling incorporates dialogue with the students, which is in a question‐answer format that not only creates a motivating learning context but also builds an educationally safe and supportive environment. A week before the lecture, students are provided with copies of the PowerPoint slides to be used. The students are required to review all the slides. During the lecture, the instructor guides the students through the material using story‐telling and question‐answer styles. The instructor also uses questions related to the material that encourage analytical thinking. There is an emphasis on building an educational relationship between students and teachers. Relationship‐centered learning goes beyond student‐centered learning, in recognizing and rehabilitating the role of the teacher. There are strong theoretical foundations for relationship‐centered learning. There is the dialogism of Bakhtin, with the recognition of the importance of interactivity. There is also social constructionism where it is accepted that meaning, knowledge and understanding are jointly constructed with others.