THE POWER OF STORYTELLING IN TEACHING

RIANNE SHARMAINE S. PALISOC

"Have you ever listened to a story that made you feel inspired, curious, or emotional?" Storytelling is a powerful teaching tool that can help students develop essential skills for the 21st century. Storytelling has been an essential component of human communication, and it still has a significant impact on education today. Narratives have the power to captivate audiences and include pupils in the educational process. Students are more likely to retain what they have learned when they are actively involved in the learning process. Students' creativity and imagination can be stimulated by stories. They have the power to encourage pupils to think creatively and beyond the box in order to generate original concepts and solutions. Storytelling in Teaching assist students in discovering their own cultural heritage and engaging with various cultures. Boost students’ enthusiasm, involvement, teamwork, and critical thinking abilities. Introduce figurative language to your students including personification, similes, and metaphors. Enhance your students' conversation skills by teaching them about tone, style, coherence, structure, and linkers.

Narrative instruction has the potential to enhance students' literacy and social and emotional learning, as per a 2019 National Council of Teachers of English report. They said that in addition to helping children successfully express their ideas, feelings, and opinions, storytelling can also help them develop relationships, empathy, and respect for others. This demonstrates how storytelling can assist students in acquiring the abilities necessary to collaborate with others and effectively and persuasively present their views. Students' ability to think critically and solve problems can be enhanced by storytelling.

In a book published in 2015, Egan claims that storytelling can improve students' knowledge of the outside world as well as their cognitive and creative capacities. He made the case that narrative may support students' ability to consider many viewpoints, challenge presumptions, come up with substitutes, and envision fresh approaches and answers. This demonstrates how using storytelling to teach students can help them apply their knowledge and skills to real-world scenarios and think more deeply and creatively about the subjects they study.

-oOoThe author is Teacher I at San Antonio Elementary School, Mexico South District