RACHEL WATSON, HEAD OF HISTORY, BISHOP CHALLONER CATHOLIC COLLEGE, UK
The power of stories must not be underestimated. Stories are used from an early age to develop children’s vocabulary and understanding of the world around them; so why do we not use stories more often in secondary school lessons? The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF, 2018) state that it is the responsibility of all teachers to teach reading in their subjects to improve their ability to access academic texts. Mary Myatt (2022) has developed this to suggest that using a combination of non-fiction and fiction stories will make learning more memorable. As such, from September 2022, I introduced a new strategy to the history curriculum at Bishop Challoner. I carefully selected a set of stories to introduce students to the topics being studied, in order to deepen their knowledge and understanding of, as well as engagement with, the subject. In his article ‘The privileged status of story’ (2004), Willingham cla
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A very beneficial article. I will certainly be incorporating more stories in my MFL lessons. Thank you for sharing.