ERIC Number: EJ1395672
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1740-4622
EISSN: EISSN-1740-4630
Using Storytelling to Explore Values and Cognitive Schemas in Small Group Consensus Decision Making
Coggio, Grace Leinbach
Communication Teacher, v37 n4 p297-304 2023
This activity engages students in values-based decision making using a story about five characters caught up in a morally fraught dilemma. Students draw conclusions about each character based on perceptions of their actions, rather than explicitly stated attributes, as they interact with one another to reach a consensus ranking from best to worst. The activity incorporates storytelling with the Integrated Model to highlight the impact of cognitive schemas on group decision-making processes. Courses: Small Group Communication, Basic/Introductory Communication Course with a small-group component. Objectives: Through a storytelling activity, students apply a cognitive schemas framework to identify individual-level, values-based variables influencing small-group consensus decision making.
Descriptors: Story Telling, Teaching Methods, Values, Schemata (Cognition), Learning Activities, Participative Decision Making, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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