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Global Storylines

Sep

2011

Diana Ellis Currently in the second year, WOSDEC (www.wosdec.org), Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde University are working together on this exciting three year joint partnership project. This project enables WOSDEC and partners to: create new ‘Global Storylines’, where pupils explore challenging global issues within the safe forum of the fictional community that Storyline offers; train ...

Great Scots Storyline

Sep

2011

Alison Campbell Throughout April, May and June, the 26 pupils in P6C at Lochside Primary School, Montrose, Scotland learned about Great Scots through the use of the Scottish Storyline Method. The aim of the project was to encourage the pupils to discover the numerous famous people that have come from Scotland, and for the pupils ...

Innovative Teaching Award

Jun

2011

Congratulations to Fiona McGarry, Lecturer in Education at Dundee University who designed a Storyline Unit as part of the B Ed programme and has been awarded a Highly Commended for Innovative Teaching from the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the University. Fiona, seen here on the right, was presented with her award on ...

My Scottish Experience

Feb

2011

Theresa Kuenzel, Karlsruhe, Germany The Storyline Method extended my opportunities in life – 16 fabulous weeks in a Scottish school My name is Theresa Künzel and I will be a teacher for Primary and Secondary Schools in Germany. I got to know the Storyline Method during my stay abroad at Halmstad University, Sweden 2007/2008. ...

Fred W Rendell 1931 – 2011

Jan

2011

An appreciation and official obituary Storyliners worldwide will be sad to hear of the death of Fred Rendell on 9th January 2011. Soon after his retirement Fred became ill with a form of Parkinson’s disease. During the long years of his illness he was cared for by his loving and supportive wife Sheila. He ended ...

Oslo University College Studytour to Glasgow

Oct

2010

This annual visit by Norwegian student teachers to Glasgow once again involved Sallie Harkness and Steve Bell in a Storyline presentation in the Pearce Institute, Govan, on Tuesday 12th October. Around 70 participants attended led by lecturer Sigurd Bergflod, supported by three of his colleagues, Knut, Paal & Sissel. As always we shared an enjoyable ...

Storyline for Secondary teacher?

Aug

2010

Christina Roewe A day later a group of European Secondary teachers arrived in Glasgow. We also created a Storyline with the topic “Capital Tours”, but with the emphasis on Secondary teaching. The colleagues from Portugal, Spain, Rumania, Germany, Italy and Sweden had the chance to find out how the method Storyline works and motivates pupils ...

Sunshine Tours

Aug

2010

The Comenius Summer Course in Glasgow Using Storyline for Teaching ESL Inga Riedel During the first week in August, a group of international primary teachers met in Strathclyde University, Glasgow, to find out more about the Storyline approach and its use in teaching English as a Second Language. In this special environment, we created the ...

Edinburgh International Book Festival

Aug

2010

The Storyline Teaching Method – Encouraging Children to Become Independent Learners On Tuesday 24th August 2010 Sallie Harkness and Steve Bell gave a presentation on Storyline as an educational approach to cross-curricular teaching at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. They were delighted to discover that there was a full house of 175 people, mostly teachers, ...

MEd Children’s Literature & Literacies

Apr

2010

This exciting new programme, the first of its kind in Scotland, offers students the opportunity to consider the central concerns of the field of children’s literature and literacy teaching in the light of new perspectives and offers the chance to deepen expertise in specialist areas. It affords course members the opportunity to take a literary ...