ERIC Number: EJ1301444
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 6
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Relational Storytelling and Critical Reflections on Difference
Russell, Laura
Journal of Communication Pedagogy, v1 n1 p52-57 2018
This essay explores unique practices for teaching relational ethics through storytelling. Drawing from my experiences teaching an advanced undergraduate Narrative Ethics seminar, I explain how my students responded to a storytelling unit through which they examined their values and storytelling ethics. I interweave observations from my teaching with insights gathered from my students' in-class discussions and written reflections to demonstrate the pedagogical aims, outcomes, and challenges encountered when engaging this material. I focus particularly on offering suggestions for encouraging students to (a) embrace limits to their understandings of others and (b) recognize how listening for, and expressing, difference plays a fundamental role in their personal, relational, and ethical growth.
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Story Telling, Teaching Methods, Values, Undergraduate Students, Interpersonal Relationship, Perspective Taking, Interpersonal Communication
Central States Communication Association. University of Montevallo, Department of Communication, 75 College Drive, Station 6625, Montevallo, AL 35115. e-mail: csca.ed@gmail.com; Web site: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jcp/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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