The Folkloral Voice (International Institute for Qualitative Methodology Series) - Softcover

Sewall, Ian William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159874285X ISBN 13: 9781598742855

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

"By foregrounding earth and spirit, Sewall manages to reveal two of the ghosts of curriculum. These elements haunt our curricular practices yet are invisible on the linear pages of curriculum design and instructional manuals. Sewall's words make audible the ancestral voices in our lives and challenge educators to bring them into our classrooms." -Curriculum Inquiry

About the Author:

Ian Sewall, Ph.D., is a teacher with Peace Wapiti School Division, where he develops innovative videoconferencing and virtual classroom formats.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 159874285X
• ISBN 13: 9781598742855
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 331