Storyteller, Storyteacher: Discovering the Power of Storytelling for Teaching and LivingMarni Gillard has told stories to preschoolers, middle schoolers, and college students, and elicited their tales in return. She's heard triumph and trauma tales from prison inmates, senior citizens, and both preservice and veteran teachers. She's witnessed repeatedly that we teach ourselves how to live by telling our stories. In this book she shares the lessons she's learned about child-centered teaching and telling. Storyteller, Storyteacher includes:
His book speaks to the soul of the experienced but often weary teacher and shines a light of encouragement on the path before the beginning teacher. It honors the important work of parenting and of listening to children in and out of school. It invites us all to look to our stories for lessons about educating our children and ourselves. |
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... tale to deepen within us even more . For it is in returning to a tale , as Gregory Denman ( 1988 ) writes , that you " make it your own . " After learning one tale , others stories come more easily . My students have shown me that once ...
... tale or what you think is making you hesitate to choose . ) What could you do to get some help if you are undecided ? of any If you have already settled on a tale , what is there about this tale that makes you think it is the one for ...
... tale now and would increasingly become a more confident guide . Whether they are young or old , when tellers become one with the tale there is a visible shift . They become less self - conscious and more story - conscious . Even very ...