Young People, Learning and Storytelling

ISBN-13: 9783030007515 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 204 str.

Emma Parfitt

Opis

This book explores the lives of young people through the lens of storytelling. Using extensive qualitative and empirical data from young people's conversations following storytelling performances in secondary schools in the UK, the author considers the benefits of stories and storytelling for learning and the subsequent emotional, behavioural and social connections to story and other genres of narrative. Storytelling has both global and transnational relevance in education, as it allows individuals to compare their experiences to others: young people learn through discussion that their opinions matter, that they are both similar to and different from their peers. This in turn can facilitate the development of critical thinking skills as well as encouraging social learning, co-operation and cohesion. Drawing upon folklore and literary studies as well as sociology, philosophy, youth studies and theatre, this volume explores how storytelling can shape the lives of young people through storytelling projects. This reflective and creative volume will appeal to students and scholars of storytelling, youth studies and folklore.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Setting the Stage

Chapter 2. Little Red Eats the Wolf: Storytelling Relationships

Chapter 3. The Repulsive Frog: Is It Possible to Escape Being Danced to Pieces?

Chapter 4. Who Ate My Heart? Storytelling and Emotion

Chapter 5. The Will of the Gods and Goddesses: Shaping or Disrupting the World Through Storytelling

Chapter 6. Burning the Candle Down

O autorze

Emma Parfitt is is an independent storytelling researcher, and the author of Seascape, a collection of short stories based on the enclosed research. Her research focuses on the importance of stories in education and how these in turn can shape who we become.

Blurb

This book explores the lives of young people through the lens of storytelling. Using extensive qualitative and empirical data from young people’s conversations following storytelling performances in secondary schools in the UK, the author considers the benefits of stories and storytelling for learning and the subsequent emotional, behavioural and social connections to story and other genres of narrative. Storytelling has both global and transnational relevance in education, as it allows individuals to compare their experiences to others: young people learn through discussion that their opinions matter, that they are both similar to and different from their peers. This in turn can facilitate the development of critical thinking skills as well as encouraging social learning, co-operation and cohesion. Drawing upon folklore and literary studies as well as sociology, philosophy, youth studies and theatre, this volume explores how storytelling can shape the lives of young people through storytelling projects. This reflective and creative volume will appeal to students and scholars of storytelling, youth studies and folklore.

Emma Parfitt is is an independent storytelling researcher, and the author of Seascape, a collection of short stories based on the enclosed research. Her research focuses on the importance of stories in education and how these in turn can shape who we become.