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. belongingness
  3. comfort with difference
  4. communication
  5. connecting
  6. curiosity
  7. dialogue
  8. differences
  9. friendship
  10. identity
  11. intercultural communication
  12. intercultural difference
  13. intercultural learning
  14. listening
  15. perspective
  16. perspectives
  17. perspective taking
  18. reflection
  19. refugees
  20. resilience
  21. respect
  22. Story Stitch
  23. storytelling
  24. transformative learning
  25. Verbal/Nonverbal
  26. well-being
  27. 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.