Questions & Answers
This month my task is to clarify my research questions and methods in greater detail. Today I mind mapped all the ideas I had and formed some questions as follows: Overall research question: Does traditional storytelling have an effect on adolescent emotional aptitude (that is emotional ability) This then breaks down into a set of sub-questions: 1/ How can we measure if the emotional aptitude of adolescents changes or remains the same in response to storytelling? 2/ What processes may be occurring between the storyteller and the listener that work with or against emotional aptitude? How can these be used in a creative piece? 3/ How can storytelling be compared to reading and writing? 4/ Does storytelling have an effect on social relationships at the individual, group and community level? Creative piece: As a creative experiment I will refer to the adolescents' thoughts from this research to inspire short stories with themes of emotional aptitude, blending reality and...