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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451415303321

Autore

Zipes Jack <1937-, >

Titolo

Speaking out : storytelling and creative drama for children / / Jack Zipes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-88754-3

1-135-88755-1

9786610242573

1-280-24257-4

0-203-33880-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

372.677044

Soggetti

Storytelling - Social aspects - United States

Children's theater - Social aspects - United States

Activity programs in education - United States

Critical pedagogy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; THE NECESSITY OF STORYTELLING IN EDUCATION; NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES; SPREADING TALES, OPENING MINDS-SAMPLE SESSIONS; THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN'S THEATER; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In his successful Creative Storytelling, Jack Zipes showed how storytelling is a rich and powerful tool for self-expression and for building children's imaginations. In Speaking Out, this master storyteller goes further, speaking out against rote learning and testing and for the positive force within storytelling and creative drama during the K-12 years.For the past four years, Jack Zipes has worked with the Neighborhood Bridges Program of the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, taking his storytelling techniques into inner-city schools. Speaking Out i