The Folkloral Voice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781598742855)

In this narrative collage of ancient and contemporary storytelling, modern theory, and personal reflection, Ian William Sewall seeks to infuse western pedagogy with a folkloral teaching voice. Through multilayered conversations with individuals and groups--traditional storytellers, teachers, children--he examines the dynamic nature of oral culture, its embodied nature, its connection to place, and its use of metaphor, laughter, ethnicity, and intergenerational conversation to create unique kinds of interactions and learning. Offering storytelling as an "ancestral template" of good teaching, Sewall demonstrates how teachers can use the folkoral voice to inform and transform classroom practice.

Author: Ian William Sewall
ISBN-10: 159874285X
ISBN-13: 9781598742855
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 06/30/1998
Pages: 331
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.63d