| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 168 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword by Gregory Cajete; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Strengthening Community through Storytelling; 3. Drawing on Oral Traditions for a Contemporary Storytelling Event; 4. Of Fables and Children; 5. "The Wolf Really Wasn't Wicked": Ethical Complexities and "Troubled" Students; 6. Rabbit Tales (Tails): Kenyan Stories with Multiple Meanings (with Tiffani Saunders); 7. "It's Hard to Admit, But Sometimes You Get Jealous": Lessons from the Hyena (with Oluwatope Fashola); 8. The Next Stage: Putting It into Practice; 9. Coming Full Circle: Cross-Cultural Lessons. |
| Summary |
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 appro. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Storytelling.
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Social ethics.
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| Added Author |
Cajete, Gregory, 1952-
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Eder, Donna, 1951-
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Holyan, Regina.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Life lessons through storytelling. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010 9780253222442 (DLC) 2010008462 (OCoLC)468981895 |
| ISBN |
9780253004680 electronic bk. |
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0253004683 electronic bk. |
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