Student Engagement and Enjoyment of Narratives: An Empirical Study of an Authentic Music Video and a Short Teaching Case.

TEACHING methods; STUDENT engagement; CURRICULUM; EFFECTIVE teaching; HIGHER education

This paper examines the process of student engagement into two narrative-based pedagogical tools (a music video and a short teaching case) often used in university classes to illustrate international and cross-cultural issues, and the effects student engagement has on both enjoyment and the student's ability to identify critical themes. The research provides evidence that the degree of a student's narrative engagement impacts both thematic comprehension and enjoyment, two important objectives of using narrative-based pedagogical tools in the classroom. The study findings inform the choice of teaching methods for instructors in charge of courses containing international and global topics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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