Young People, Learning and Storytelling

Foreword......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Praise for Young People, Learning and Storytelling......Page 11
Contents......Page 12
List of Figures......Page 13
The Guid Crack Club......Page 14
What Is Storytelling?......Page 17
Researching the Storytelling Animal......Page 20
National Curriculum Pros......Page 26
National Curriculum Cons......Page 27
Challenging the Current Storytelling Landscape......Page 30
Our Journey Through Storytelling......Page 36
References......Page 38
2: Little Red Eats the Wolf: Storytelling Relationships......Page 45
Little Red Eats the Wolf......Page 46
The Storytelling Space......Page 48
Description of the Schools......Page 52
Have You Seen a Storyteller?......Page 53
The Little Mermaid to Assassin’s Creed......Page 55
Previous Story Experiences......Page 56
Reimagined Fairy Tales......Page 58
The Journey from Listener to Teller......Page 59
Sharing Conversations......Page 61
Talkative Students......Page 67
Research Space Versus Group Discussion?......Page 68
The Storyteller Versus Gender......Page 69
Conclusion: Human Beings as ‘narrating animals’......Page 73
References......Page 74
3: The Repulsive Frog: Is It Possible to Escape Being Danced to Pieces?......Page 78
Breaking the Magic Spell......Page 79
Behavioural Transformation Through Karate Kid and Moon Bear......Page 85
Simon Says… or Psychoanalytic Analysis Says......Page 89
Being Thrown Against the Wall: Gift Exchange and Group Dynamics in the Storytelling Space......Page 93
Stories as ‘social actions’ in ‘social worlds’......Page 102
References......Page 104
4: Who Ate My Heart? Storytelling and Emotion......Page 109
How Emotions Were Discussed Following Storytelling......Page 112
Storyteller Performance......Page 113
A Performer Audience Relationship -......Page 115
A Managed Heart in Relation to Storytelling......Page 117
Discussions of Emotions in the Stories......Page 119
Comparing Personal Emotional Experiences......Page 121
Group Conflict......Page 124
Different Locations and Circumstances......Page 127
What Storytelling May Reveal About Current Education Practices......Page 135
References......Page 139
5: The Will of the Gods and Goddesses: Shaping or Disrupting the World Through Storytelling......Page 143
‘We see this all the time.’ Conversations in a “safe” Space......Page 145
‘They call me Emo.’ Racism, Ethnicity and Bullying......Page 147
‘She shops in Jimmy Choos.’ Social Mobility......Page 150
‘That was unfair’: Teacher Authority......Page 155
‘My step-mum isn’t evil’: Selfish Adults......Page 158
‘Life rules’: Social Values and Codes of Conduct......Page 162
Conformity to Social Narratives: One Direction......Page 163
‘Who do you think you are?’: Risk Taking......Page 170
Rejecting Cycles of Bad Decisions and Learning Through Stories......Page 173
The Ethics of Working with Story......Page 175
Storytelling Is More Than Entertainment......Page 179
References......Page 180
6: Burning the Candle Down......Page 184
The Social Benefits of Storytelling......Page 186
Emotions and Storytelling......Page 187
Behaviour and Storytelling......Page 188
Storytelling and Power......Page 189
The Overlap Between the Social, Emotional, Behaviour and Power Relations......Page 190
References......Page 192
Small Group Discussion......Page 193
The Ice-breaker......Page 194
The Theme......Page 195
Room Four: Telling......Page 196
A Sample of a Neighborhood Bridges Lesson Plan......Page 197
Moon Bear......Page 198
Books......Page 202
Books......Page 203
Video......Page 204
Index......Page 205