Story Circles

Subgroup Size

Small Group

Duration

1 hour and 30 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Deardorff, D. K. (2020). Manual for developing intercultural competencies: Story circles. UNESCO. Creative Commons license: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
 

Tags:

  1. active listening
  2. comfort with difference
  3. communication
  4. curiosity
  5. dialogue
  6. differences
  7. emotional resilience
  8. friendship
  9. identity
  10. intercultural communication
  11. intercultural difference
  12. intercultural learning
  13. perspective
  14. perspectives
  15. perspective taking
  16. reflection
  17. refugees
  18. respect
  19. Story Stitch
  20. storytelling
  21. transformative learning
  22. Verbal/Nonverbal
  23. well-being
  24. youth

90 minutes is the minimum, but ideally have a two-hour time frame to allow plenty of time for the explanations, dialogues, flashbacks and process time.  If involving participants with multiple languages, allowing additional time is recommended. Group dynamics will vary greatly based on the diversity of participants.