An Action Study on Applying Storytelling to Teaching Social Studies in Elementary School

• Main Authors: WU,CHIU-FANG, 吳秋芳
• Other Authors: TENG,CHIA-EN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17094734429675941257

碩士 === 東海大學 === 教育研究所在職專班 === 104 === Storytelling is one of the most traditional ways to deliver human experience and knowledge between generations. However, stories are rarely used in nowadays social studies teaching in Taiwan. In this study, storytelling was employed as a way to convey target knowledge to third graders. An action study was taken to understand students’ learning performance in a storytelling-integrated social study course, and the difficulties teachers may encounter when attempting to integrate storytelling into the instruction. Sixty-four third graders were involved in the study. Classroom observation, field notes, and artifacts were collected to evaluate and analyze students’ learning. Findings of this study included: (1) the incorporation of stories into teaching enhanced students’ concentration and understanding of the content; (2) stories were useful in enhancing students’ motivation which led to better learning performance; (3) stories made social science teaching more efficient; and (4) the professional knowledge and ability of the teacher can be enhanced by integrating storytelling into social science instruction.