Contextualized Educators’ Training: The Case of Digital Storytelling

Contextualized learning is an approach utilized in many programs, including adult professional training. Several frameworks and approaches exist in the literature for designing contextualized training programs. In this chapter, a multilevel contextualization procedure is discussed, based on the examination of a training program about digital storytelling as a teaching methodology. Several variations of this training program were realized and a discussion is raised, based on the experience gained through them. Overall, this chapter aimed at demonstrating how easy it is to contextualize educators’ professional training by operating as a guide for designing similar programs. This multilevel approach seems worth examining further in a more systematic way, but also within different context in order to build a concrete theoretical framework.

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