Advantages and Disadvantages of Story-telling

Advantages and disadvantages of Story-telling

Advantages

Disadvantages

Story telling has more
benefits as an effective
method of instruction
,because:
- involves many mediums of
communication for example
use of gestures,song and
dance.
- moulds characters and
provides enjoyment.
- broadens the knowledge of
the children and the cultural
beliefs and activites.
- establishes good
relationships among pupils
and their teacher.

Story telling has also
negative impacts as it can
disadvantages learners:
- If the story teller doesn't
have the required skills.
- Extensively use of the
story telling method tends
to produce passive
listeners who receive
information without much
probing questioning to
understand much better.
- poor method of active
participation by learners as
it lessens the opportunity
for them to learn by doing