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Finding learning amidst the maelstrom: Storytelling, trauma, and hope
Author(s) -
Hess Mary E.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
teaching theology and religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1467-9647
pISSN - 1368-4868
DOI - 10.1111/teth.12567
Subject(s) - curiosity , storytelling , narrative , context (archaeology) , key (lock) , sociology , pedagogy , content (measure theory) , narrative inquiry , aesthetics , psychology , art , social psychology , history , literature , computer science , computer security , archaeology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
We are living through a time of uncertainty and change in which our educational priorities can be re‐ordered. A time during which what it means to teach and learn in theology and religious studies can be a vivid and powerful resource to our wider contexts. We are living in a time of context collapse. Narrative is one key route to engaging and sharing context. Pedagogy during this time must be trauma‐informed. Our work in higher education needs to be about igniting curiosity, curating appropriate materials, and sharing practices rather than about covering content.