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Life Lessons Through Storytelling: Children's Exploration of Ethics
Donna; Natural Child Project Eder
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Description for Life Lessons Through Storytelling: Children's Exploration of Ethics
paperback. Storytelling's positive impact on ethical development in children Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
Storytelling empowers children to engage in discussions; explore ideas about power, respect, community, fairness, equality, and justice; and help frame their understanding of complex ethical issues within a society. In Life Lessons through Storytelling, Donna Eder interviews elementary students and presents their responses to stories from different cultures. Using Aesop's fables and Kenyan and Navajo storytelling traditions as models for classroom use, Eder demonstrates the value of a cross-cultural approach to teaching through storytelling, while providing deep insights into the social psychology of learning.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press (IPS) United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253222442
SKU
V9780253222442
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Ref
99-50
About Donna; Natural Child Project Eder
Donna Eder is Professor of Sociology at Indiana University Bloomington. She is author of School Talk: Gender and Adolescent Culture. Regina Holyan is currently a senior staff attorney with the Navajo Nation Department of Justice and was Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Indiana University Bloomington.
Reviews for Life Lessons Through Storytelling: Children's Exploration of Ethics
Educatiors, scholars, and non-scholars alike will highly appreciate Donna Eder's study . . . In this book, she not only reclaims the significance of storytelling within Western culture but also reintroduces the act of storytelling into the school curriculum. March 30, 2011
Journal of Folklore Research
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Journal of Folklore Research
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