Educators on the Effects of Traditional Storytelling

For this survey, "Traditional Storytelling" is oral or spoken storytelling, defined as "the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination." It features a speaker communicating directly to an audience. Historically, cultures around the world have used oral or spoken storytelling for education, whereas today academia tends to focus specifically on story reading as opposed to spoken storytelling. This survey aims to gather data from educators who also incorporate spoken storytelling into their students' education, or are aware of spoken storytelling being a part of their students' overall academic experience via school wide events, another class, or other co-curricular activities. The stories can be historical, folklore, personal narrative, or original fiction.

This survey is intended for current and retired educators, and is intended to take a few minutes to complete. Most comments sections are options; please put any comments you have in English. By filling out and submitting this survey, you are giving your consent for your answers to to be used for research purposes. Answers will be kept anonymous.

What are your observations on how traditional oral/spoken storytelling affects your students? Please click on the link below to be taken to the form to fill out the survey.