FINDING AUTHENTICITY THROUGH STORYTELLING: REFLECTIONS FROM A HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM
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story-telling narrative, authenticity, secondary school, teaching, poetry, spoken word, oral traditions, reflexive teachingAbstract
This piece is an auto-biographical reflection on my year-long experience creating a new course called Oral Interpretations and Expressions. Teaching the course allowed me to find an authenticity and identity in my work, which had been eluding me as I conformed to administrative norms in education. Through the practice of story-telling in spoken word poetry, my students and I found healing and transformation. This note invites the reader to consider how story-telling might be used in their own teaching spaces to empower a deeper connection to authenticity within themselves and their students.
ACCÉDER À L’AUTHENTICITÉ PAR LA COMMUNICATION NARRATIVE : RÉFLEXIONS D’UNE CLASSE AU SECONDAIRE
Cet article expose les réflexions tirées de l’expérience vécue lors de la création d’un nouveau cours intitulé Oral Interpretations and Expressions. Enseigner ce cours m’a permis d’accéder à une forme d’authenticité et d’identité qui m’échappait dans ma vie professionnelle lorsque que je me conformais aux normes administratives en éducation. Grâce à la communication narrative sous la forme de poésie parlée, mes étudiants et moi avons découvert la guérison et la transformation. Cette note encourage le lecteur à évaluer de quelle manière la communication narrative peut être utilisée dans leur pratique enseignante pour permettre une connexion plus profonde à l’authenticité, en eux et chez leurs étudiants.
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