Leveraging Micro-Stories to Build Engagement, Inclusion, and Neural Networking in Immunology Education.

ABSTRACT: Storytelling is a highly effective strategy for delivering course content. It can provide real-world contexts and the relevance students desire. Through personal connections to the narrative details, anecdotes facilitate the incorporation of content into pre-existing knowledge and neural networks that enhances retention. In addition, stories can honor students' diverse backgrounds, which builds a sense of belonging and community. In turn, these aspects can drive intrinsic motivation to learn and increase students' alertness in class and overall engagement in the course. Despite the educational power of stories, there often is not enough time to integrate them into curricula. To address this dilemma, faculty can condense stories into micro-stories that require relatively minimal class time.

SUBMITTER: Lukin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6893969 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature