The Social Brain and the Neuroscience of Storytelling

Oliver, Carol

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“…While Indigenous Peoples have understood the power of storytelling for quite some time, recent neuroscience research corroborates that "our brains are socially and emotionally hard-wired to absorb stories" (Oliver, 2023, p. 1). When we listen to stories involving some facts, our understanding process involves an emotional component which activates the amygdala in concert with the hippocampus -two independent memory systems (Oliver, 2023). The level of emotional arousal during encoding correlates highly with subsequent recall (McGaugh, 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The level of emotional arousal during encoding correlates highly with subsequent recall (McGaugh, 2004). "That is why we can more easily recall an emotive story than a dry statement of several facts" (Oliver, 2023). Morris et al (2019) argue that "narratives structured as stories facilitate experiential processing, heightening affective engagement and emotional arousal, which serve as an impetus for action-taking" (p. 1).…”

Section: Storytellingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Disrupting STEM Education by Braiding Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Environmental Education

Dodier

2023

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Learning is inherently connected. It is time to disrupt traditional STEM education by meaningfully embracing multiple perspectives such as Indigenous and environmental education learning principles. Through my story as a white non-indigenous science teacher, we explore the importance of acknowledging one’s feelings, the power of storytelling, my journey educating myself and embracing multiple perspectives inside my teaching practice. Because Aboriginal Ways of Being state that the “the deepest learning takes place in lived experience” (BCTF, 2017), I share my process and reflections on designing and implementing a specific unit about clam gardens in a secondary science classroom.

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Section: Storytellingmentioning

confidence: 99%