In the Presence of Each Other : : A Pedagogy of Storytelling / / Johanna C. Kuyvenhoven.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kuyvenhoven, Johanna C. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

There can be little doubt that pedagogical practices have increasingly become focused on reading and writing in childhood education. In the Presence of Each Other is a brilliant ethnography that examines the educational benefits of the use of oral storytelling in the classroom and the ways in which non-print literacy enhances children's overall language and communication capacities. Presenting a strong argument based on compelling evidence for the incorporation of oral practices in the classroom, Johanna Kuyvenhoven follows a group of children in grades four and five as they forge an inclusive learning environment that respects linguistic, social, and ethnic diversity by sharing stories out loud. She traces the positive effects that oral storytelling has on children's vocabularies, writing skills, as well as for problem-solving abilities and empathetic responses that are essential to learning across the disciplines. In the Presence of Each Other is a ground-breaking work not only for educators but also for anyone interested in the practice of storytelling.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Growing into Storytelling -- 2. Linda Stender: The Storytelling Teacher -- 3. The Neighbourhood -- 4. Landscape and Soundscape -- 5. What Is a Storytelling? -- 6. Talking, Thinking, and Imaginating with a Story -- 7. Three Participations, One Pedagogy -- 8. Talking with Stories -- 9. Imaginating -- 10. Thinking with Stories -- 11. A Pedagogy of Storytelling -- 12. New Storytelling Teachers -- APPENDIX A. Dates of Interviews with Children -- APPENDIX B. The Classroom -- APPENDIX C. Class Meeting -- APPENDIX D. Languages Spoken by Children -- APPENDIX E. Stories Told in the Classroom -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Further Resources: Books for Storytellers -- Index