Narrative Pedagogies

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Steve WheelerPlymouth Institute of Education

Narrative pedagogy: Digital literacies and

digital story telling for education

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroglyph

Petroglyphs

40,000 year old images that tell stories

Source: https://pixabay.com/en/indian-art-petroglyph-467709/

…powerful cultural symbols that reflect the complex societies and beliefs of the surrounding tribes

https://www.nps.gov/petr/learn/historyculture/why.htm

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting#/media/File:Southafrica468bushman.jpg

Parietal Art

Celebrating?Warning?Preserving?Entertaining?Educating?

Instruction?

Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Sweden-Brastad-Petroglyph-Aug_2003.jpg

Story telling

We are storytelling creatures.’ – Jerome S. Bruner (1915-2016)

Source: The Guardian

http://blogs.wfmt.com/offmic/files/2014/01/A_Story-teller.jpg

Oral history

Source: https://c3.staticflickr.com/2/1376/5139101146_16be6438ca_b.jpg

Eyewitness testimonies

www.facebook.com/Ken-Wheeler-793208637376577/

http://truedantalion.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/silver-surfers.html

Digital Residents and Visitors (White & Le Cornu, 2012)

5 elements of a story

• Character(s)• Setting• Plot• Conflict• Resolution

Photo by Steve Wheeler

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petroglyphs_in_Puako_Petroglyph_Archaeological_District1349.JPG

Hidden meaning

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Toblerone_Bars.jpg

Apophenia

Narrative pedagogy

“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.”

– Anton Chekhov

Narrative devices

Red Herrings

CliffhangersPlot twists

Interrupted routine

Chekhov’s Gun

Joining the dots in ways that make personal meaning

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‘In the act of writing, we are written.’ – Daniel Chandler

http://ds106.us/

Storytelling through metaphorPhoto by Steve Wheeler

#blimage

#blideo

#twistedpair

New literaci

esPhoto by Steve Wheeler

http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him an iPhone.”

- Abraham Lincoln on the ‘selfie’

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The ‘selfie’

“60% of all Internet pages

contain misleading

information.”

- Thomas Edison

Learners need ‘digital literacies’

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Learning 2.0 – Digital Literacies

Mastery

Literacies

Competencies

Skills

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LearningUnlearningRelearning

Transliteracy

Privacy Maintenance

Self Presentation

IdentityManagement

Reusing, Remixing,

Repurposing

Social Networking

Sharing Content

Creating Content

Filtering and Selecting Content

Social Dimension

Personal Dimension

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[Re]MixBehind every bestselling book are legions of fans who write their own sequels or fanfic. One fanfic archive lists 1.5 million fan-created works. (Kevin Kelly, Wired - July 2016)

Six seconds is enough for a joke (or a disaster) to spread virally. (Kevin Kelly, Wired – July 2016)

Connection

Adapted from: Mark Federman (2012)

Skills for Learning 2.0

Graphic by Steve Wheeler (2013)

Communities of LearningPhoto by Steve Wheeler

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Professional Learning Networks

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Professional Learning Networks

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Professional Learning Networks

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Professional Learning Networks

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Professional Learning Networks

Connection

Context

Complexity

Connotation

Adapted from: Mark Federman (2012)

Skills for Learning 2.0

Graphic by Steve Wheeler (2013)

Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/SantaCruz-CuevaManos-P2210651b.jpg

Thank you for listening

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