The Stories We Tell: How to Use Story and Storytelling to Improve Teaching and School Leadership

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Matt Bromley

The Stories We Tell

How to Use Story and Storytelling to Improve Teaching and School Leadership

Matt Bromley

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Routledge
23 August 2024

Organisation & management of education; Curriculum planning & development; Primary & middle schools; Secondary schools; Teaching skills & techniques

Stories give meaning to our lives and make us who we are. They shape our self-awareness, thus helping make sense of personal experiences, no matter how complex or difficult. Stories can also have a profound impact on our behaviours, values, and attitudes. This exciting new book examines the powerful role stories can play in schools both as a curriculum/teaching tool and as a framework for school improvement.

The Stories We Tell looks holistically at the uses of story in schools and sets out the ways it can be used to support teaching, including by:

Organising the curriculum and helping to structure lessons Aiding students’ memorisation Promoting inclusion Preparing students for future success

In addition, it offers four ways of using story and storytelling in the school improvement process to:

Consult, communicate, and collaborate with stakeholders during the school improvement journey Articulate a vision for the future and foster a set of shared values Build trust and adopt ethical leadership behaviours to create a no-blame culture that encourages risk-taking Resolve conflict and manage people, and lead change and manage PR

Providing a fresh and stimulating approach to teaching and learning, curriculum-development, and school improvement, this will be valuable reading for teachers and school leaders across the primary and secondary phases.

By: Matt Bromley
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 570g
ISBN: 9781032736945
ISBN 10: 1032736941
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 23 August 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Matt Bromley is an education journalist, author, and advisor with 25 years’ experience in teaching and leadership. Matt is a public speaker, trainer, initial teacher training lecturer, and school improvement advisor. He remains a practising teacher, currently working in secondary, FE and HE settings; as well as writing for various magazines, authoring numerous best-selling books on education, and co-hosting an award-winning podcast. Find Matt on X @mj_bromley and at bromleyeducation.co.uk.

Reviews for The Stories We Tell: How to Use Story and Storytelling to Improve Teaching and School Leadership

“Matt Bromley is quite-simply a must-read for the classroom teacher. Clear, practical, insightful – his advice draws upon years spent in the classroom and is immediately useful and inspiring for teachers of all levels of experience. That is why he has long been one of SecEd's most popular authors. This new book is no exception and offers a range of great ideas that you will feel inspired to adapt and adopt in your classroom. Matt remains one of the most important – and most useful – voices in teaching.” - Pete Henshaw, Editor, SecEd and Headteacher Update “In this thoughtful and inspiring book, master-teacher Matt Bromley reminds us of the unique power of stories to engage hearts and minds – not just as part of lessons, but as a framework for curriculum design and transformational school leadership. The style is highly readable, drawing on the author’s own engaging personal stories as a practical way of modelling his message, as well as on a wide range of research and a deep knowledge of how schools work.” - Jean Gross, CBE “It’s very encouraging to see the power of story set out in The Stories We Tell: How to Use Story and Storytelling to Improve Teaching and School Leadership. Stories and storytelling are an underdeveloped aspect of the curriculum and of school development and Matt Bromley has made a compelling case for using them to help us refine the curriculum and school improvement. A welcome addition to the field.” - Mary Myatt, Education Consultant