8. Narrative Theory of Learning "At its core, a narrative perspective holds that human beings have a universal predisposition to 'story' their experience, that is, to impose a narrative interpretation on information and experience." WALTER DOYLE and KATHY CARTER (2003) Narrative and learning to teach: Implications for Teacher- Education Curriculum – Journal of Curriculum Studies "[Children] turn things into stories, and when they try to make sense of their life they use the storied version of their experience as the basis for further reflection. If they don't catch something in a narrative structure, it doesn't get remembered very well, and it doesn't seem to be accessible for further kinds of mulling over." Jerome Bruner (1985) "Narrative and paradigmatic modes of thought" in E.W. Eisner (ed.), Learning and Teaching the Ways of Knowing, 84 th Yearbook, Part 2, of the National Society for the Study of Education (Chicago: University of Chicago Press), 97-115