EDAC 634 Spring 2020 Narrative Learning

Narrative Learning Literature Review Written By Commented On Joshua Robinson Kaylah Bell Introduction A glance around oneself can reveal the unbelievable amount of information that people are constantly consuming. A smartphone is likely in close proximity to whoever is reading this literature review, just as it was inches away from the laptop of the graduate student who wrote this paper. Texts, breaking news, and social media updates are merely a sliver of the information circulating throughout society, and stories are the threads that tie it all together. As Anglo-Afghan author Tahir Shah famously wrote in his book In Arabian Nights , “Stories are a communal currency of humanity” (2009, p. 138). Narratives are an intrinsic element of the human experience, so their presence should be an intrinsic element of adult education as well. General Themes Not to be written off solely as sources of entertainment or dispensa...

The Narrative Story A Literature Review Danielle Wheat Ball State University EDAC 634- The Adult As a Learner  Date: Danielle Wheat Commented On: Gabriel Shetterley and Margie Pyron Introduction             When it comes to adult education, there are multiple theories in which learning takes place. One of those is through narrative learning. As stated by Merriam et al. (2007) discusses that narrative learning consists of the stories that help guide the learner by enabling them to make meaning of what is being told (p. 208). As individuals, we view our lives as narratives. Everyday things happen and we add to our personal narrative. Not only do we have personal narratives, but we are surrounded by other narratives daily. There are the stories on the news, the stories our coworkers tell, the stories our families will hear, etc. All of these stories make up narrative learning. We use stories to facil...