STORYTELLING AND MICROLEARNING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF READING AND WRITING: AN INNOVATION PROPOSAL FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Keywords: storytelling, microlearning, reading, writing and innovation.
One of the great challenges of education is being able to motivate reading and develop writing skills in students. Thus, research indicates a substantial decrease in the number of readers, especially among children and adolescents. In this sense, it is necessary to develop innovative methodologies that can help improve reading and writing rates. Thus, the general objective of this study was to analyze the use of an innovative proposal to improve reading and writing practices in Elementary School, using storytelling and microlearning, with the aim of developing students' communicative competence. The characterization of the research method of this work was based on the methodology of action research, with a quantitative and qualitative approach, of an applied nature and exploratory objective. The research was applied during a study workshop in a 9th grade class at a state school in the city of Natal, in Rio Grande do Norte, and data collection and analysis took place through questionnaires, field diaries, productions textual, participant observation, images and videos. The results indicated
that the implementation of storytelling and microlearning methodologies led to a significant increase in student engagement in reading and writing. The products generated by this work were a workshop and an educational guide, explaining how to use the proposed methodologies in the classroom.