Family Storytelling as Authentic Pedagogy explores the use of family storytelling as a culturally responsive pedagogy for teacher candidates. Drawing on insights from a 10-year storytelling project utilizing the Chautauqua form of storytelling, it documents and describes a writing workshop process from the perspectives of teacher candidates acting in the role of storytelling and literacy coaches. It thereby showcases how Chautauqua storytelling can be used as an effective pedagogic strategy to recognize, value, and validate students’ lived experiences, and advocates the teaching of Language Arts as experiential and authentic learning, which draws from the multicultural and multilingual perspectives of students. Serving as a resource for both researchers and pre- and in-service educators, it will appeal to scholars and practitioners with interests in literacy education, culturally responsive pedagogy, critical pedagogy, storytelling arts and language arts.
This book explores the use of family storytelling as a culturally responsive pedagogy for teacher candidates. A resource for researchers and pre- and in-service educators, it will appeal to scholars and practitioners with interests in literacy education, culturally responsive pedagogy, critical pedagogy, storytelling arts and language arts.
CONTENTS
Foreward
OVERVIEW
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 - BACKSTORY
Chapter 2 - CULTURAL CAPITAL OF STORIES
Chapter 3 - CASE STORY ETHNOGRAPHY
Chapter 4 - CASE OF AUTHENTIC VOICES
Chapter 5 - CASE STORY THEMES
Chapter 6 - CONNECTION TO CLASSROOM PRACTICE
APPENDIX A Storytelling Coach Pathfinder
APPENDIX B Letters to Family members about the storytelling project
APPENDIX C Forwards to Young Author Anthologies
APPENDIX D Standard & Lesson Plan
APPENDIX E Storytelling Elements Song
APPENDIX F Assessment Tools
APPENDIX G I am (From) Poems & Chautauqua Bookmarks
APPENDIX H Narratives
REFERENCES
INDEX
Frances Vitali, PhD, was a senior lecturer in the College of Education and Human Sciences Teacher Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Program at the University of New Mexico, USA. Dr. Vitali is a National Writing Project Teacher Fellow.
