Applied Storytelling: the Power of Story

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Comment by Delanna Reed on September 30, 2009 at 12:11pm

Martin, You are right to say that quantitative data is difficult to gather concerning the subjective experience of storytelling. However, Kendall Haven's book, Story Proof ,is the best collection to date of all the evidence out there. I guest edited the September/October issue of Storytelling Magazine and Kevin gave an abbreviated overview of some of this data.
It is my belief that qualitative research is the best way to analyze storytelling and its effects in the classroom.

Comment by Rebecca Hom on September 30, 2009 at 11:25am

So glad to find this group. Currently, I am presenting the program "Stranger, Guest, Family" relating my experiences while in Bosnia of meeting, visiting, and being cared for as family with Muslim friends. They have asked me to share their stories, some are heart-warming, others heart-breaking, in hopes of fostering deeper understanding and lessening pervasive fears. Can we change the world by sharing the stories? I believe so.

Comment by Martin Manasse on September 29, 2009 at 6:07pm

I would dearly love to know if there are any robust statistics on the effect of storytelling in education. The anecdotal evidence is that it impacts on literacy, numeracy, language, play i.e. it is a formidable force not only to open the imagination but for social change. When it comes to trying to find a way of testing this to provide statistics that are authoratitive and stand up to examination, it seems that the number of variables ( e.g. age, race, gender, family background, education background, etc.) make scientific testing incredibly hard. If, for example, a stistically sound model could be found that demonstrated that storytelling properly applied reduces exclusion ( and the question of re-offending later would have to figure) this would be a very strong argument to place storytelling at the centre of education since its effect could save substantial sums of money from education budgets, exclusion being expensive to manage. Maybe it is simply too complicated but if anyone knows of research documents I would love to hear about it.

Comment by Delanna Reed on September 29, 2009 at 5:08pm

Hi Ann, This is the first announcement I've seen of the StoryWorks. I will probably be listening to stories since I have to work all afternoon at the Swappin' Grounds. Good luck to you all and I hope to see you at the ETSU Reunion and around. Delanna

Comment by Ann Scroggie on September 29, 2009 at 2:26pm

The SIGS (Special Interest Groups) of NSN will present Saturday StoryWorks, a series of workshops on Saturday, October 3 at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough Tennessee. Four SIG one hour workshops begin at 10am with SHE (Storyteling in Higher Education) presenting Global Storytelling at the Global Campfire with Connie Regan-Blake, Dr. Joseph Sobol, Dr. Hannah Harvey and the Kennesaw Tellers and Ann Scroggie. Join us as we launch the new concept of Global Storytelling. This workshop will demonstrate applied storytelling in global education.

Comment by Florencia on July 22, 2009 at 9:08am

hello!! I`m from Argentina, and I`d love to share my news with your group

Comment by Dimitris Prousalis on July 22, 2009 at 5:10am

Hello dear friends. I hope that i'll share with the members of the group thougths, ideas and proposals about the power of the stories.
Warm greetings from Dimitris Prousalis- Athens, Greece

Comment by Grandmahoney on July 21, 2009 at 11:14am

Hello every,
I wanted to take this time to thank, Tom and Clare for their input in helping me to collect story data to help with my research on oral storytelling.
Thank all of you so much. I have really been busy studying and compiling resources to help me produce the effects I want in relating how Oral storytelling helps children learn in school

thanks again,

Grandma Honey

Comment by Tongues Wagging Productions on July 15, 2009 at 11:47pm

A great new book by Johanna Kuyvenhoven is an in-depth look at the storytelling classroom, based on Kuyvenhoven's doctoral research. It is called In the Presence of Each Other, A Pedagogy of Storytelling. Published this year 2009 by University of Toronto Press. Johanna teaches in the States now – she is a brilliant storyteller herself, well respected all over Canada and beyond.

Comment by Clare Muireann Murphy on July 8, 2009 at 4:38am

Delanna

I would also be interested in that article of yours. I am keen to see what kind of quantitative proof there is of the obvious connection between storytelling and literacy. I think it is paramount to the increased awareness around the importance of storytelling as a tool for education and development. The book sounds good as well, I will check them out. Thanks for that.

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