Life lessons through storytelling : children's exploration of ethics

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 Story-telling, While Providing Deep Insights Into The Social Psychology Of Learning. --book Jacket. Introduction -- Strengthening Community Through Storytelling -- Drawing On Oral Traditions For A Contemporary Storytelling Event -- Of Fables And Children -- The Wolf Really Wasn't Wicked: Ethical Complexities And Troubled Students -- Rabbit Tales (tails): Kenyan Stories With Multiple Meanings / With Tiffani Saunders -- It's Hard To Admit, But Sometimes You Get Jealous: Lessons From The Hyena / With Oluwatope Fashola -- The Next Stage: Putting It Into Practice -- Coming Full Circle: Cross-cultural Lessons -- Appendixes: A.a Multimethod Approach To Storytelling ; B. Examples Of Focus Group Interview Questions ; C. Editions Of Aesop's Fables. Donna Eder With Regina Holyan ; Foreword By Gregory Cajete. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 159-162) And Index. 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 story-telling, while providing deep insights into the social psychology of learning. --Résumé de l'éditeur