Berättande som metod : Hur lärare använder sig av berättande inslag i undervisningen

Sammanfattning: This essay aims to study the teachers’ view of narratives and how they use narratives in their teaching. To chart this, I have conducted five interviews with active teachers in pre-school class to grade three. My ambition was to find out what teachers are telling, how they use narrative elements and their purpose. The survey is qualitative with the intention of giving a broad picture of the teachers' opinions. The view of the sociocultural perspective where learning takes place in interaction with others was adopted as the theoretical point of departure for the work. The survey shows that teachers tell different kinds of stories like fairy tales, stories with facts, metaphors and background stories. How teachers use narration in their teaching is individual and there is no clear picture of their approach. The teachers emphasized that catching the students’ attention as well as increasing their understanding were their purpose and they were all positively motivated by a narrative approach.