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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zipes, Jack, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Storytelling--Social aspects--United States.

Storytelling.

Children's theater--Social aspects--United States.

Children's theater.

Activity programs in education--United States.

Activity programs in education.

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-876580-00-3

1-135-88754-3

1-135-88755-1

9786610242573

1-280-24257-4

0-203-33880-4

9780203338803

OCLC:

475907020