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Story, theatre and learning
March 29, 2020Last time, we took a look at narrative’s powerful combination of sequential structure, context and emotion. We saw how the...
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Structure, context and emotion—how narrative helps us learn and remember
March 2, 2020After writing the previous entry, I realized how much more there is to say about the power of narrative...
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Narrative-based learning can work anywhere
February 3, 2020In the last post, we noted that narrative approaches to teaching are highly valued and praised by educators, regardless...
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How narrative structure aids recall
December 28, 2019Last time, we visited two compelling arguments supporting the notion that narrative facilitates recall. First, stories slide naturally into...
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Why narrative stays so long in our minds
December 9, 2019My recent reflecting on how Paul Revere became a household name in the United States got me thinking once...
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Why we remember Paul Revere
November 24, 2019As I mentioned last time, American grade school children study in considerable detail the events leading up to their...
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An enlightening illustration of the power of narrative for memory
November 11, 2019Not long ago, I was listening to an interview with the renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Before getting to...
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The enhanced memory effect of learning through story
October 27, 2019In recent posts, we have seen that my business school students were far better at recalling stories and cases...
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Science vs. story: which approach is the most useful for learning?
September 17, 2019In the past weeks, I have written about my students’ capacity to recall, with high levels of precision and...
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Why stories slide into our memories without effort
August 28, 2019We ended last time with the assertion that moving to narrative-based learning provoked significant, and truly positive, changes in...