A Model Suggestion on the Use of Digital Positive Storytelling Method in the Training of School Administrators

Abstract

Digital storytelling, which can be used in the education process of every age group, has recently been used in the adult education process. Because digital storytelling allows adult education to rely on experience and to facilitate self-directedness. In this respect, digital storytelling is considered as a method that can be effectively used as a leader of school administrators. In this study, it is aimed to propose a school administrator training program model in which digital storytelling method is used. In the study, firstly, the use of digital storytelling in the field of education and in the training of school administrators was discussed, and then a model proposal for the use of digital appreciative storytelling method in school administrators' education process was presented. In the prepared model, a appreciative storytelling method which is one of the principles of appreciative inquiry was used. For this reason, at the center of the training program, there are organizational developments, changes and career stories realized by successful school administrators of effective schools. Although there is a consensus on the effectiveness of positive appreciative and digital storytelling in manager / leader education and training, the functionality of the model in which both positive appreciative and digital storytelling are used together can only be demonstrated through empirical research.