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Life lessons through storytelling : children's exploration of ethics / Donna Eder with Regina Holyan ; foreword by Gregory Cajete.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 168 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253004680
  • 0253004683
  • 0253222443
  • 9780253222442
  • 1282818414
  • 9781282818415
  • 9786612818417
  • 6612818417
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Life lessons through storytelling.DDC classification:
  • 372.67/7 22
LOC classification:
  • LB1042 .L48 2010eb
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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