Narrative as a didactical concept? – Fachnarrationen erweitern Grundvorstellungen

Based on an evaluation of selected literature on narrative theory, an overview of possible locations for narratives in the classroom is provided. Narra-tives about the social significance of the subject and fictional literature fall under well-known social science and literary concepts of narrative. It is sug-gested that subject-specific teaching in mathemat-ics lessons should also be interpreted as narrative. This new concept expands the notion of “basic mental model” (“Grundvorstellung”). An example of such narratives in a teaching experiment concre-tises the approach. The productivity of narratology for teaching theory and practice is critically dis-cussed. A thoroughly translated version of this article in English and supplements are found in Fahse (2025).