This study explores the distinctive features and significance of storytelling as an educational method. During the last few years the number of references to storytelling has increased in a startling fashion. However, in the precedent studies, storyte...
This study explores the distinctive features and significance of storytelling as an educational method. During the last few years the number of references to storytelling has increased in a startling fashion. However, in the precedent studies, storytelling was discussed mainly as a teaching tool, and applied on the elementary or secondary school contexts. So, this study tries to expand the value of storytelling focusing on the learners' aspects and applying it to university students who are prospective teachers. The main theme of the lecture is the characteristic of the school curriculum as a value-conflict entity. The results highlight various effects of storytelling in education. Through this study, lots of impressive storytelling materials are developed and shared. The educational effectiveness of storytelling is empirically presented along with participants' vivid comments. It is proved storytelling can function as a means of active learning as well as conveying the tacit knowledge from the teacher. Students can integrate their previous knowledge and get broader perspectives during their own story-making and sharing the stories with other students. The multiplicity and value-conflicts of the social demands for school curriculum are reflected from the different viewpoints through the actions and intentions of the characters in the various stories. Moreover, the benefits of sharing the story indexes within the community are emphasized, and several areas of research on storytelling worthy of further exploration are suggested.