Author: Robert FisherPublisher: Nash Pollock Publishing
ISBN: 9781898255093
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Author: Robert FisherOn Stories
Author: Richard KearneyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134537913
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Stories offer us some of the richest and most enduring insights into the human condition and have preoccupied philosophy since Aristotle. On Stories presents in clear and compelling style just why narrative has this power over us and argues that the unnarrated life is not worth living. Drawing on the work of James Joyce, Sigmund Freud's patient 'Dora' and the case of Oscar Schindler, Richard Kearney skilfully illuminates how stories not only entertain us but can determine our lives and personal identities. He also considers nations as stories, including the story of Romulus and Remus in the founding of Rome. Throughout, On Stories stresses that, far from heralding the demise of narrative, the digital era merely opens up new stories.
Magical Thinking
Author: Augusten BurroughsPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312315955
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A collection of true stories that are universal in their appeal yet unabashedly intimate, stories that shine a flashlight into both dark and hilarious places.
Author: Pat Zietlow MillerThinking Through Stories
Author: Thomas E. WartenbergPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000544729
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
This book provides justification and instruction for exploring philosophy with children, especially by using picture books to initiate philosophical discussion. By demonstrating to teachers, and others that picture books often embed philosophical issues into their narratives, and that this makes picture books a natural place to go to help young children investigate philosophical issues, the author offers a straightforward approach to engaging young students. In particular, this volume highlights how philosophical dialogue enhances children’s sense of self, provides a safe space for the discussion of issues that they are confronted with in living their lives, and develops an admirable method for resolving conflict that the children can use in other contexts.
Science Stories
Author: Clyde Freeman HerreidPublisher: NSTA Press
ISBN: 1936959917
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Stories give life and substance to scientific methods and provide an inside look at scientists in action. Case studies deepen scientific understanding, sharpen critical-thinking skills, and help students see how science relates to their lives. In Science Stories, Clyde Freeman Herreid, Nancy Schiller, and Ky Herreid have organized case studies into categories such as historical cases, science and the media, and ethics and the scientific process. Each case study comprises a story, classroom discussion questions, teaching notes and background information, objectives, and common misconceptions about the topic, as well as helpful references. College-level educators and high school teachers will find that this compilation of case studies will allow students to make connections between the classroom and everyday life.
Author: Peter WorleyReading and Thinking
Author: Arthur J. EvansPublisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 9780807725634
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
This consumable book containing easy-to-read stories is designed to encourage critical thinking in the elementary grades and with olders students in need of remedial instruction. The material was designed to show that we apply deductive reasoning skills in every aspect of communication. After each story, children are asked to write in answers that are not only based on memory, they are asked to to deduce and infer the answer and give a reasong for it. Book I is for children whose reading skills would place them approximately in the second to third grades.
Inviting the Wolf in
Author: Loren NiemiPublisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874836561
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A difficult story is any story whose content makes it challenging to tell or difficult to hear. Told for the wrong reasons, it can be as painful for the listener as for the teller. But as we know from literature and media from Sophie's Choice to The Sixth Sense, told properly, a difficult story can powerfully alter not only he who tells it, but those who hear it.
