The article deals with the using of narrative methods in foreign educational practices as a part of personal-creative paradigm of future teacher’s training. Experience ofart narrative teaching in higher education institutions, particularly the author’s course «Art of storytelling» by German professor Christel Oehlmann are analysed. The structure of the course, which includes four functionally related components: «Story about yourself», «Free storytelling», «New stories», «Eternal Art of Storytelling» is described; stages of its implementationare characterized. The course of the narrative art isinteractive and includes a system of practical classes and trainings. According to its purpose the course covers a wide range of people: future teachers, educators, therapists, social workers, priests and parents, grandparents, all of those who communicate with children. The aim of the course is learning to create, to tell different stories, fairy tales, narratives, for all those who want to know themselves, to open sources of their own creativity, determine their creativite potentialin telling stories, learn about themselves something new. Five principles of the narrative skills are defined: the first principle –«External and internal freedom from assessment»; the second principle –«Rejection of hierarchy, rules and regulations»; the third principle –«Creating an atmosphere of confidence»; the fourth principle –«Recognition process as a goal»; the fifth principle – «Attribute of narrative learning is democratic». Expected learning outcomes are formulated: 1. Development of the narrator’s confidence in himself: masteringa strategy which enables appearing of the story about his inner world, based on a sense of security and personal competence, courage to identify his feelings, create mental images and its expression in his own words. 2. The trust of the audience to the narrator, which is manifested in the ability to tell his own stories, to listen other stories etc. In this aspect design and application ofnarrative skill models and strategies issues require further study and development.
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