The Importance Of Storytelling

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Storytelling is important to practitioners working with children as it supports social and emotional development while achieving cognitive potential, making mental resilience to understand oneself. Erikson (1950) suggested that our emotional wellbeing and development are important in developing our identity and how we fit into society. it also comprehends through a story character a child can imagine themselves in situations. It also comprehends Maslow’s (1943, 1954) hierarchy of needs as through the process of being in improving social context, diversity, and self-esteem in children’s learning. Storytellers enhance the future for children by encouraging them to “explore our thoughts and feelings” (Rubin and
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Schön (1983) suggested the capacity to reflect on action so as to engage in a process of continuous learning was one of the defining characteristics of professional practice. It also comprehends viewing the wider contexts that affect our teaching- issues of social justice, of school structure, of leadership (McEntee, 2003). Reflective practitioners conflict passivity, always trying to construct new knowledge to engage pupils in a similar pursue, to explore and enhance the teaching and its denouement, as oppose to drifting on the surface of practice. Moon (2004) believed that in order to achieve the levels of depth within reflection, one must consider metacognitive stance, the view of others must be also taken into account and the role of emotion in the art of reflection shall be understood. “Effective practice in the early years requires committed enthusiastic and reflective practitioners with a breadth and depth of knowledge, skills, and understanding” (DFES, 2005); this supports the reflection made should implement with quality and depth of the …show more content…
A series of stories were created by Perrow (2008) to positively affect children’s health. She believes that when a story has been told, any childhood problem, such as unruly behaviour to deep grieving, will be in the process of healing. She suggests to use the construction of storytelling to improve children’s understanding of emotion and friendships so, therefore, they can support mental health issues through a range of essential life skills. By promoting a child’s social and emotional development will also promote their ability to deal with issues and to handle mental health problems. Children who have furthered their social and emotional development will be able to manage themselves as their own person and can emphasize others, deal with conflict, and have a positive outlook on themselves and the world around

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