Event Title
The Role of Narrative Texts in a Liberal Arts Curriculum
Location
Diamond 242
Start Date
30-4-2015 1:20 PM
End Date
30-4-2015 2:25 PM
Project Type
Presentation
Description
A brief lecture on narrative texts, how we process them, and how they differ from expository texts. At a liberal arts school like Colby College, students are assigned readings of both narrative and expository texts. We will attempt to distinguish these two types of text and how their processing is reflected differently in learning outcomes. Narrative and expository texts communicate diverse educational messages and differ in their organization. Most research focuses on expository texts and their uses as a learning tool, but narrative texts serve as an important purpose as a way of invoking prior knowledge and drawing inferences. Narrative texts vary from expository texts in both the manner in which the texts communicate information and the organizational makeup of the texts.
Faculty Sponsor
Jen Coane
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Psychology Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
1207
The Role of Narrative Texts in a Liberal Arts Curriculum
Diamond 242
A brief lecture on narrative texts, how we process them, and how they differ from expository texts. At a liberal arts school like Colby College, students are assigned readings of both narrative and expository texts. We will attempt to distinguish these two types of text and how their processing is reflected differently in learning outcomes. Narrative and expository texts communicate diverse educational messages and differ in their organization. Most research focuses on expository texts and their uses as a learning tool, but narrative texts serve as an important purpose as a way of invoking prior knowledge and drawing inferences. Narrative texts vary from expository texts in both the manner in which the texts communicate information and the organizational makeup of the texts.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2015/program/80