Utilising Creative Storytelling to Raise 6th-Grade Primary School Students’ Awareness About Children’s Rights

Abstract

Education for the Children’s Rights has been developed for formal and non-formal education, utilising diverse pedagogical methodologies for Primary Education. Creative Storytelling supports students in externalising and communicating their thoughts, feelings, and experiences through their stories, actively participating in each other worlds via empathy, freeing them from their real and stressful action environment. Thus, in this case study, a creative storytelling teaching scenario based on the Hero’s Journey is proposed to contribute to 6th-grade Greek Primary School students’ learning about Children’s Rights and the dual role of child labour as a cause and consequence for school dropout. The results from the mixed research methodology suggested that raising awareness was successful and the students managed to create stories advancing their knowledge and awareness about Children’s Rights Education. However, the case study and the number of students are limited; more research is needed for results generalizability and validity.